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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010
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photo by Eric Charbonneau, © Disney Enterprises Inc. All Rights Reserved
from The Mini Page © 2010 Universal Uclick A Monopoly Anniversary An early favorite
Monopoly celebrates its 75th birthday this year. However, another game, called The Landlord’s Game, probably helped Monopoly inventor Charles Darrow come up with the idea for his game. A Quaker woman named
Lizzie J. Magie designed The Landlord’s Game in 1903. She was against the idea of wealthy people being able to gain a monopoly* on land. She hoped her game would help players see that a monopoly ownership of the properties on the board helps only one player. In this way, Lizzie’s game was the opposite of today’s Monopoly, in which one player tries to own all the properties on the
board. *A monopoly is when only one person or company controls something.
Darrow and the Depression
Like many people during the Depression of the early 1930s, Charles Darrow of Germantown, Pa.,was
looking for work to support his family. Some experts believe he had played a version of The
Landlord’s Game
starting in 1932. Darrow started sketching out a game board on
a tablecloth. It included many of the street names of Atlantic City,N.J., a favorite vacation spot for his family. Darrow colored the different properties and made little houses and hotels out of wood scraps. He and his wife invited neighbors in to play. Players, especially winners, began to ask for their own set to keep at home.
A Monopoly Quiz-a-Roonie 1. What’s the total amount
of money in a standard Monopoly game?
2. 3.
How many Monopoly properties can you build houses or hotels on?
What’s the name of the character locked behind bars?
4. 5. 6.
How many languages is Monopoly published in?
What is the correct spelling of Marvin Gardens?
What’s the name of the little man shown here?
The Mini Page Staff Betty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist
Next week, The Mini Page is about the von Trapp family from “The Sound of Music.”
A popular game Soon Darrow was making two sets
a day and selling them for $4 each. He sold some of the sets to a store in Philadelphia to find out whether other people would buy them. In 1934,
when Darrow first asked Parker Brothers if the company would manufacture and sell the game, he was turned down. Parker Brothers said the game had “52 design errors.” So Darrow sold 5,000 sets to department stores in Philadelphia, where they were a big hit. In 1935, Parker Brothers began selling Monopoly. Darrow became a rich man. Today Monopoly can be played on
Charles Darrow 1889-1967
a video screen or in many different languages. In fact, a Braille version is available for visually impaired people.
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Supersport: Nolan Smith Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Hometown: Upper Marlboro, Md. Whether he’s playing point guard or shooting guard,
Duke basketball standout Nolan Smith is hard to guard. He dazzles opponents with explosive bursts to the basket, a soft jump shot or running a fast-break in the lane. A
senior co-captain, Smith also is a tough defender. As a junior last season, he helped Duke win the school’s fourth men’s national basketball championship. He made the All-Final Four team and is one key reason the Blue Devils could go all the way again. Away from basketball, Nolan majors in African and African- American studies, reads with area schoolchildren and visits patients at Duke Children’s Hospital. He lights up rooms with his big smile. That’s Smith—easy to like, difficult to defeat.
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All the following jokes have something in common. Can you guess the common theme or category?
Mary: What do chess players say when starting their game? Maxwell: “Once a pawn a time …”!
Morris: When it was cut by the dealer!
Melvin: What did the tired chess player do?
Marvin: He took a knight off!
Milly: When did the deck of cards need a bandage?
Mini Spy . . . • letter E • boot
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Mini Spy and Basset Brown are playing Monopoly. See if you can find: • question mark • wheelbarrow • frog • dice • kite
• strawberry • number 7 • ruler • bowl • word MINI
• flyswatter • cheese wedge • letter A • letter H • ladder • letter F • pencil • banana
Rookie Cookie’s Recipe Spice Snack Cake
You’ll need: • 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour • 1 teaspoon cinnamon • 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
•21/2 tablespoons reduced-fat margarine, cold
• 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt • 1 egg • 1 teaspoon vanilla • 2 tablespoons honey • 2 tablespoons sugar • 1/3 cup cranberry raisins
What to do: 1. Mix flour, spices and baking soda in a medium-size bowl. 2. Blend in the margarine with a fork until the mixture is crumbly. 3. Combine yogurt, egg, vanilla, honey and sugar in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer, beat the ingredients until smooth.
4. Add the flour mixture to the large bowl and beat again for another minute. 5. Stir in the cranberry raisins. 6. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Pour in the batter.
7. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes or until the cake is done. You will need an adult’s help with this recipe.
Meet Mandy Moore
Disney movie “Tangled.” She is an actress, singer and songwriter. She has recorded six albums and been in several movies, including “The Princess Diaries.” She was the voice of Sandy in “Racing Stripes.” Mandy works with several charities. She is
people in the Sudan. She also works for charities fighting leukemia. Mandy, 26, was born in Nashua, N.H., and grew up outside Orlando,
Fla. While growing up, she performed the national anthem for sporting events in Florida. When she was 15, she released her first record. She later toured with the Backstreet Boys.
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an ambassador for Five & Alive, which provides education and care for people in more than 30 countries. She helped distribute malaria prevention nets and helped get clean water for
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Answers to Monopoly Quiz-a-Roonie: 1. $15,140 2. 22 properties can be built upon 3. Jake the Jailbird 4. 43 languages 5. Marven Gardens 6. Mr. Monopoly
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