GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Monopoly was first marketed on a broad scale by Parker Brothers in 1935. A Standard Edition, with a small black box and separate board, and a larger Deluxe Edition, with a box large enough to hold the board, were sold in the first year of Parker Brothers’ ownership.

Detailed explanation-2: -On December 31, 1935, the now ubiquitous winner-take-all board game Monopoly was patented (Patent Number 2, 026, 082). Since that day, it has been translated into 37 languages and evolved into over 200 licensed and localized editions for 103 countries across the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -With little money to spend on entertainment, families enjoyed new board games such as “Monopoly” and “Scrabble” which were first sold during the 1930s. Neighbors got together to play card games such as whist, pinochle, canasta and bridge.