Object number
M.2015.943
Title
Ian Botham's Sporting Challenge
Date
1987 - 1987
Creator
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Size
Box l x w x ht: 52.4 x 22.7 x 9.5 cm
Description
Boxed board game, similar to Trivial Pursuit. Consists of board, featuring sporting venues; two boxes of question cards, six plastic playing pieces, dice and cloth bag of ‘trophies’. Box features picture of Ian Botham with signature, possibly authentic.
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Ian Botham's Sporting Challenge
1987
Wishbone Games Limited (publishers)
Players: 2-6
Themes: Dexterity, trivia, board game, roll / spin and move, endorsement
Play is conducted on a hexagonal board with each side representing the home venue of each of the players. The venues represent six different UK sporting venues (Wembley, Lord's, Wimbledon, Silverstone, St. Andrews and Newmarket) though the venues themselves have no direct significance to the game.
MCC Collections
M.2015.943
1.10 – board
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