Tonight's "the Chase"

[gollob]

A question was asked "How many properties on a Monopoly Board. The answer given was 28 . Surely there are 29 .

[bibblebub]

looks like 28 http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/03/article-1393521-0C6047E600000578-120_964x966.jpg

[Mamyalynne]

The Monopoly game board consists of forty spaces containing twenty-eight properties (twenty-two colored streets, four railway stations and two utilities), three Chance spaces, three Community Chest spaces, a Luxury Tax space, an Income Tax space, and the four corner squares: GO, (In) Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking, and Go to Jail.[wm 1]

[Wizzy67]

Does the Jail not count?

[Mamyalynne]

Don't think so as you cannot purchase it.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.worldofmonopoly.com/board/index.php

[DSJ]

What was the result? Did Mark beat the team?

[ummmm]

Yes, with 59 seconds left on the clock.

[Prudie]

That's an understatement DSJ

[DSJ]

Thanks for that. He rarely gets beaten!

[gollob]

The Jail is a property so 29 should have been the answer. Whether you can purchase it or not , it is still a property

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I disagree. The jail is a building, but seeing as it's not going to be for sale probably ever you can hardly class it as a property.

[Prudie]

I disagree too, Fleet Street, Mayfair and the Old Kent Road are hardly 'propertys' outside of the rules of Monopoly.

[bibblebub]

According to the rules of the game, a property is a space for which there is a title deed and the jail doesn't have one of those.

[Mamyalynne]

Did you not read my link , fron The World of Monopoly ?

//No matter where in the world, the official MONOPOLY board has 28 properties including 4 Stations, 2 Utilities, 3 COMMUNITY CHEST, 3 Chance, Super Tax, Income Tax, Go To Jail, In Jail/Just Visiting, Free Parking and Go.//

[Mamyalynne]

Cannot remake the rules just for a quiz show.