Statistics for Basic chess quiz

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
You win when you _________ the opponent	Checkmate	100%
The most important piece	King	100%
The most powerful piece (i.e. can control the most squares)	Queen	100%
Piece based on a religious figure	Bishop	92%
This piece moves in an L shape	Knight	92%
This piece can turn into other pieces	Pawn	92%
Piece named after a building	Rook/Castle	88%
Number of squares on a chess board	64	85%
World champion 2021	Magnus Carlsen	81%
Special french move	En passant	73%
Country of origin of the game	India	73%
Draw resulting from a player having no legal moves	Stalemate	73%
Special move involving the most important piece	Castling	69%
Name for when a specific piece turns into a more powerful piece	Promotion	69%
Year "Deep Blue" first defeated Garry Kasparov	1996/1997	65%
Removing an opponent's piece from the board	Capture	62%
Tactic involving attacking 2 or more pieces at one	Fork	62%
Name of popular show about chess	Queen's gambit	62%
Tactic involving immobilising a lower value piece by threatening a piece of higher value	Pin	58%
Tactic involving attacking a higher value piece in front of a lower value piece	Skewer	46%