If both players play tic-tac-toe perfectly, how does the game end?
AnswerIn a draw
With perfect play neither side can force a win.
Games · Facts & stats
Game facts & stats
7 fact-checked facts about game theory and strategic thinking, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
How many players take part in a standard game of chess?
AnswerTwo
Chess is a two-player strategy game.
Going deeper
What is a zero-sum game?
AnswerOne where one player's gain equals another's loss
In zero-sum games, total gains and losses add up to zero.
In the prisoner's dilemma, what happens when both players betray each other?
AnswerBoth end up worse off than if both had cooperated
Mutual betrayal is individually tempting but collectively worse.
The film A Beautiful Mind portrays which game theorist?
AnswerJohn Nash
The 2001 film is based on the life of mathematician John Nash.
Expert level
Which 1944 book by von Neumann and Morgenstern founded modern game theory?
AnswerTheory of Games and Economic Behavior
The book laid out the mathematical foundations of game theory.
Who submitted the tit-for-tat strategy that won Robert Axelrod's tournaments?
AnswerAnatol Rapoport
Rapoport's simple strategy won Axelrod's computer tournaments around 1980.
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