Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Just Visiting
by Sandy Wood - February 3, 2009 - 7:30 AM

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MonopolyMonopoly was always one of my favorite board games, and I won more than my share of games, but I was always a stickler for the rules. Most of the people I’ve met who did not like playing the game cited “It takes too long!” as the primary reason. But if you play Monopoly strictly by the original rules included in the set, you can usually knock out a game in a reasonable amount of time. But that means no adding money under the “Free Parking” space, selling all improvements evenly across a property group before mortgaging, and auctioning any unowned property that a player lands upon but chooses not to purchase outright. Yep, I said “stickler.”

The mathematics of Monopoly have long interested me as well, and that notion brings us to today’s Brain Game. Like yesterday’s puzzle, the answer to this one isn’t as obvious as it might first appear. Please read carefully before answering!

As a collection, which color group
of Monopoly properties costs the most
for a player to purchase and fully develop?

Here is the ANSWER.

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Comments (9)

  1. Yeah, I think this was too easy. You only had to know that 3 was more than 2 …

    posted by Gman on 2-3-2009 at 7:43 am

  2. How about this one. How many properties share a common name with a major body of water?

    posted by Ed on 2-3-2009 at 8:16 am

  3. I knew all those times we played monoploy would come in handy one day. I do think our games of Gin Rummy lasted longer than most of the monopoly games we played.

    posted by Kev in Ga on 2-3-2009 at 8:22 am

  4. How many remember the 3 nephews of Uncle Moneybags ( or Mr Monopoly)?

    posted by Kev in Ga on 2-3-2009 at 8:32 am

  5. Yay. I guessed right :-D

    posted by Sarah in CA on 2-3-2009 at 10:35 am

  6. Ed, I think just 4, Pacific, Atlantic, Baltic, Meditteranian. How many properties share names with US States? (Not counting “States”!)

    posted by Rey in NM on 2-3-2009 at 10:55 am

  7. Immediately I said “That’s the green ones… but that’s too easy, and he said it wasn’t as easy as it appeared.” But, since I had nothing else, I went with it, meaning the actual trick of the question might be in you telling us it’s not easy!

    posted by Kevin on 2-3-2009 at 1:28 pm

  8. Ermmm, you didn’t say easy, but “obvious.” Still, my theory stands!

    posted by Kevin on 2-3-2009 at 1:29 pm

  9. Properties with US states is 11.
    Pennsylvania RR, Connecticut, Vermont, Virginia, Tennesse, New York, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania Ave.
    I think. Well I’m pretty sure.

    posted by Ed on 2-4-2009 at 10:25 am

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