Play65 is celebrating its 20th backgammon quiz this week with an especially challenging backgammon question: which famous magazine published a backgammon book by Lewis Deyong in 1977? Was it Life, Vanity Fair, Playboy or Lifestyles? If you know the answer, submit it and maybe you’ll get to be Play65 20th quiz winner!

And now to last week’s 19th backgammon quiz. The James Bond movie in which a backgammon game has been played is Octopussy, in which Roger Moore as the charming secret agent, plays backgammon against a wealthy Afghan prince, Kamal Khan (played by Louis Jourdan), and wins, evidently.

Backgammon in Italy

The James Bond/backgammon fan who knew the correct answer to last week’s backgammon question, came from Italy, and with less then 6 months experience on play65, he was awarded with a $20 bonus.

Backgammon, or Tavole Reale, is apparently pretty popular in Italy, maybe due to their Roman roots, who brought the world "Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum" (the game of 12 lines, named after the game board), and "Tabula", which is believed to be the backgammon ancestor mostly similar to modern backgammon.

There are several backgammon clubs in Italy, and the country hosts at least one prestigious backgammon event – the city of Venice international backgammon tournament. And fans of backgammon of Italy can always play on Play65 Italian website…

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