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The Games We Played Until Dinner

Chalk squares and a small marker on a sidewalk.

Ten playground memories. Rules sometimes varied by neighborhood; these questions use the common versions described.

Choose an answer, then open its explanation. Give yourself one point for each correct answer, out of ten.

1. In a standard game of hopscotch, which square do you skip?

The square holding your marker
The last square every time
Every square with an odd number
The square nearest the start

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The square holding your marker

You skip the square with the marker, then collect the marker on your return. This is the standard marker-based version of hopscotch.

2. In Freeze Tag, what do you do as soon as you are tagged?

Choose a new team
Hide behind the nearest tree
Freeze in place
Run back to the starting line

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Freeze in place

You stop moving and stay frozen until another player frees you. The way players unfreeze each other can vary.

3. In Red Light, Green Light, which call tells everyone to stop?

Green light
Ready
Go
Red light

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Red light

Red light means stop; green light means move toward the finish. The challenge is stopping quickly when the call changes.

4. In Sardines, the hide-and-seek variation, what do you do when you find the hidden player?

Announce the hiding place
Hide quietly with that player
Become the new seeker immediately
Return to the start alone

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Hide quietly with that player

You join the hiding player. More people squeeze into the same hiding place until the remaining seeker finds the group.

5. In Four Square, how many players are on the court at one time?

Four
Two
Three
Six

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Four

There is one player in each of the four squares. Additional players wait for their turn to enter the court.

6. How many ropes are turned in Double Dutch?

One
Three
Four
Two

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Two

Double Dutch uses two ropes turned together in an alternating pattern. The jumper has to find the rhythm between them.

7. In Capture the Flag, what are you trying to bring back to your side?

Your own team's flag
A boundary marker
The other team's flag
The referee's whistle

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The other team's flag

The aim is to take the other team's flag and bring it across to your side without being tagged.

8. In Simon Says, should you follow "Touch your nose" when the leader has not said "Simon says" first?

No, wait for an instruction that starts with "Simon says"
Yes, follow every instruction
Only if the leader touches their nose
Only on the first round

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No, wait for an instruction that starts with "Simon says"

The opening words are the rule: follow the command only when it begins with "Simon says." The tempting extra instructions are the trick.

9. Which playground game used small balls often made of colored glass?

Jacks
Marbles
Pick-up sticks
Shuffleboard

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Marbles

Marbles games used small balls that could be rolled or shot at other marbles. The glass patterns made the pieces collectible as well as playable.

10. Which game set commonly paired a small rubber ball with little six-pointed metal pieces?

Tiddlywinks
Dominoes
Pick-up sticks
Jacks

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Jacks

That is a jacks set. The small ball and metal pieces made a tabletop or patch of floor into a game of quick hands.

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