Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
The game of Monopoly began in 1932 when the United States was suffering the
first year of the Depression. Charles Danow, a hearing equipment salesman living
in the Philadelphia suburb of a German town had been out of work for two years.
He mowed lawns, repaired household appliances and spent evenings attempting to

invent some useful gadgets he could sell. Inventions such as a simplified bridge-
scoring pad and a combination ball and hat were not successful, but something

inspired Danow, to sit down at the kitchen table one night and draw the outlines of
what was to become the game of Monopoly. Because the table was circular, the
first Monopoly board was also circular. Players were issued “Money” and they
could exercise options to buy, put up houses and hotels, auction or trade assets and
mortgage property to raise cash. The game was over when one player was able to
bring on the financial ruin of all his opponents – a process which can take a long,
long time.
Though Parker Brothers did not accept his game at first, Danow was convinced
that it was good and he staked every cent he could raise to have 5000 sets ready.
One of these sets was sold to a friend of Sally Barter, daughter of Parker Brothers’
Founder, George Parker. Subsequently, she told her father and her husband,
Parker President Barton, about the rate review her friend had given about the
game. Changing their minds, Parker Brothers bought the game agreeing to pay
Danow royalties as well. All of a sudden it was Treasure Island, as orders poured
in.
To date, neither amateur nor professional game designer has devised anything to
take Monopoly’s place. Why? To that question, George Parker once replied, “You
can’t pay someone to sit down to write ‘Gone with the Wind’ either”.

1. Answer the following questions briefly. (1x3=3)
i) What was Charles Danow’s profession?
ii) The first Monopoly Board was circular. Why?
iii) Were the Parker Brothers lucky in buying the game? Why?
iv) Explain the following: (1x2=2)
a) Out of work means---------.
b) staked every cent means-------.

Answer 1

Answer:

Charles Danob was a hearing equipment salesman.

The first Monopoly Board was circular because the table was circular.

3) Till date there is no other game which replaces it. At that time it became best selling game.

4) a) having no job

b) spent all the money