ON THE ROAD... AUSTRALASIA
is 2 games in 1. The cards are printed with standard playing card symbols which means that you can use them to play any card game from Pontoon to Poker.
The bulk of each card, however, is given over to a trivia quiz about Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. There are questions about famous places, tourist attractions, geography, music, film, TV, history, politics, food, sport and much more. The King, Queen and Jack cards are picture cards. They feature well-known Australasian people and animals as well as natural wonders and man-made marvels.
The questions are graded into five levels of difficulty from the easiest questions worth 1 point up to the more difficult 5 point questions for the quizmeisters amongst you. Your opponent will tell you which category card you have and you will be able to choose a 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 point question accordingly. The winner is the first person to score 21 points!
Here are some sample questions from the game:
For one point, which country starred as Middle Earth in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy?
For two points, Australia's capital city takes its name from an Aboriginal word meaning 'meeting-place.' What is it?
For three points, which extreme sport began as a rite of passage for the young men of Pentecost Island?
For four points, which band did Neil Finn form after Split Enz split up?
For five points, where did Aboriginal activist Burnum Burnum plant his flag to lay claim to England, for the Aborigines, in 1988?
Q1 New Zealand
Q2 Canberra
Q3 Bungee jumping
Q4 Crowded House
Q5 The white cliffs of Dover
