Who came up with the mystery game, Clue?

Who Smarted? - Educational Podcast for Kids

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🗓️ 18 March 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0	P. P. P. Hey, Smarty Pants. See if you can guess what board game I'm playing. First, I'm going to roll.
0:08.0	10. Now, I have to decide which direction I want to move.
0:13.0	Should I go to the dining room or the kitchen?
0:16.0	Let's try the kitchen.
0:18.0	Why?
0:19.0	Because I think it was Colonel Mustard in the kitchen with, uh...
0:22.0	Hmm, I'm not sure. What about you, smarty pants? Any idea which board game I'm playing? Do you need another clue? I bet most of you are on to me me and know that I'm playing the classic board game
0:34.8	Clue, which has sold over 150 million copies worldwide since being invented in the 1940s.
0:42.1	But while millions of people since being invented in the 1940s.
0:43.2	But while millions of people,
0:45.1	and possibly even you,
0:47.0	have enjoyed playing clue for the past eight decades.
0:50.1	How much do you really know about this mystery game?
0:55.5	Who invented it? Why does it take place in a mansion?
0:58.9	Why are the characters named after colors?
1:01.3	And what does a whodunit detective game have to do with World War II?
1:04.7	It's time for another whiff of science and history on... Who's smarted? Who's smarted?
1:15.0	Who's smarted?
1:17.0	Who smart?
1:18.0	Is it you?
1:19.0	Is it me?
1:21.0	Is it science or history? Listen up everyone we make smarting lots of fun on
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