Board Games

KEY

Question 1.

a. True.”...NPD, a market research firm that tracks toy and game sales. Its records go back just 15 years.”
b.True. “..this is the first time Scrabble has been in the number one spot since at least the mid 1980s, when Trivial Pursuit came to prominence.”
c.False. “ ....the online and computer versions of the game, with Scrabulous, a web version of the game that members of Facebook could play.... The game was shut down by Hasbro.”
d.True. “ We sell over 200 board games but people pick things they remember from their childhood.”

Question 2.

a.One of the reasons why Scrabble has become so popular is that the public tend to play more and more word puzzle games and another reason is the grat amount of people that played the game when it was online.

b.The economic crisis will have a positive effect on the sales of board games especially of those well known by the people.

Question 3.

a. rows b. to reckon c. slowdown

Question 4.
a. If brain games were not so popular, Scrabble would not be number one.
b.The online version of the game has also helped its success.
c.S. Grant said that when money was tight, people turned to brands they knew and trusted