Play65 backgammon quiz is starting its 10th week! And you thought it wouldn’t last! The 10th backgammon quiz is about an interesting backgammon event happened in 2005 (September 3, to be exact) as part of a film festival with a king-sized-bed-sized-sculpture made of salt. Do you know which film festival hosted the Salt Backgammon Tournament? If you do, don’t hesitate to submit your answer.

Last week’s backgammon quiz asked about the meaning of the Chinese backgammon variant Shan-liu. The correct answer was double six and the lucky winner whose online account is now $20 richer is sepo22 of Erevan, Armenia.

"CHARMEDONE75" of Bakersfield, California is the winner of Play65 8th quiz and the first woman to ever win the desirable $20 bonus!

The right answer to last week’s question (asking about the painter who included a backgammon board in his "The Triumph of Death" painting of 1562) is Pieter Bruegel. "The Triumph of Death", currently exhibited at the Prado Museum in Madrid, is a macabre masterpiece, which depicts on top of a deserted backgammon board, a herd of skeletons ambushing the living people and executing their deaths, either by drowning, throat-slitting, burring alive, etc.

 The Triumph of Death – on the right bottom: a backgammon board

The new quiz on Play65 asks about the meaning of the ancient Chinese backgammon variant called "Shan-liu". Does "Shan-liu" means battle on the board, twenty four triangles, hit and run or double six? If you know the answer, you might find yourself $20 richer next week, and if you don’t, be bold and take a wild guess; when worse comes to worse you might just not win!

And finally, a tribute to our first female winner:

California Girls by The Beach Boys: Oldies but Goldies

In this week’s backgammon quiz, a little bit of background in the history of art will bring you nearer to the weekly $20 bonus and/or the quarterly $200 bonus. The question is: who painted the backgammon board shown on the 1562 "The Triumph of Death"? If you are still unfamiliar with the drill, go visit play65 backgammon quiz rules.

Last week’s backgammon question wondered about a royalty member who had organized the first ever major European tournament in Monte Carlo. The answer is Prince Alexis Obolensky and the winner is a lucky Play65 member of Bulgaria.

Prince Alexis Obolensky is seen as the father of modern backgammon, whom under his influence backgammon flourished in the USA and worldwide in the 1970s. Before organizing the European backgammon tournament in Monte Carlo in 1973, the Prince had set up the first significant international tournament in the Bahamas in 1964. As the president of the World Backgammon Club, Prince Alexis Obolensky took care of organizing large backgammon events decorated with everybody who is somebody in the social elite, and promoting modern backgammon worldwide.

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Where will you play a backgammon variant called Fevga? If you know the right answer, fill in Play65 6th backgammon quiz and what do you know – you might win $20 bonus.

(And if you don’t know the answer, learning how to say backgammon in different languages can get you closer to the desired bonus).

At the same opportunity, you might like to know the correct answer to last week’s backgammon quiz. 15. If you have two checkers left to bear off and win the game, one on your 6 point, and the second on your 1 point, then in 15 of the possible 36 rolls you’ll be able to bear off both checkers.

Well, not really, but Kylie Minogue was the right answer on Play65 4th quiz, which was wondering about a famous singer who had spent her Ibiza holiday sun bathing and playing backgammon at the same time. The winner of the 4th quiz $20 bonus is KevinJessup of Victoria, Australia.  

Backgammon quiz no. 5 is about dice roll possibilities: if you need to bear off two checkers to win the game, while one checker is on your 6-point and the other on your 1, on how many possible dice rolls out of 36 can you bear off both checkers? The possible answers are: 12, 13, 14 or 15.

If you are answering play65 quiz for the first time, simply mark the correct answer, fill in the required details and click on submit. If you gave the right answer and your name came up in the weekly draw, you’ll be notified next Sunday and a $20 bonus will be on its way to your online account.

Still, can’t draw back from a promise, so especially for you, Kylie on Play65 blog:

The fourth week of Play65 backgammon quiz begun yesterday with a brand new question: which famous singer spent a holiday playing backgammon at a luxurious hotel in Ibiza?

If you know the answer, just check it, fill in your username and email address and submit. If you’ll be lucky, your name will be drawn and you’ll get a $20 bonus delivered straight into your Play65 account. Ha! And you thought that reading celebrity gossip was a waste of time!

What more can you ask (except for a backgammon board)?

3rd Backgammon Quiz 

As for last week’s backgammon quiz, the answer is Victoria Smirnoff (who won the 2000 Doubles Consulting World Backgammon Championship in Switzerland together with Paul Magriel) and the winner is pressureplay, a 39 years old guy from Queensland, Australia.

Think you’re good enough to play at the World Series of Backgammon?

If your answer is yes…

1. Go to Play65 Backgammon Site

2. Download the software: Free Backgammon Download

3. Play on Play65 WSOB qualifiers

and…
win it to get a free entrance to the WSOB Championship Final in Cannes.
and get a chance to win €100.000. That’s right:

 €100.000 in CASH!!!

* Play65 WSOB package includes: 
- A flight to Cannes, France.
- 5 Days accomodation.
- A FREE entrance to the world series of backgammon finale
(WSOB final in Cannes is schedueled to July 22nd, flight is on July 17th).