The spots on playing dice are known as what?
Correct answer: Pips
RedSeaDiver69
Here's a fact. If you look at one side of the die, the other will add up to 7. So opposite 1 is 6, opposite 3 is 4, etc. Check it out!
Jennifer Gruver
Learned something new today!!!
Tanya
I recently watched a Sherlock Holmes black and white movie about orange pips. So I looked up pips. They are little seeds also. STILL learning about them! Great movies with Basil Rathborne as SH.
Tincantitan1
dice have been around in some form or other since at least 2000 bc as they were found in Egyptian tombs, though some evidence suggests it might even be as early as 6000 bc. The more cubical shape used today originated in 600 bc, China.
FiannaFianna
Tincantitan1, thanks for the extra info
Player Gigi #28446253
grape seeds are called pips and sometimes a person of value can be said to be a pip
Veritas
Player Gigi #28446253, Edith you're a pip, a real pip!
Oh Archie.
Jackie
Player BARTEMAEUS 10, that before the 16th century they were called "peeps"
Jackie
Jaypoon, before 16th century they were called "peeps" pip means a spot
Dayrell
Thanks QuizzLand something I didn’t know
Jaypoon
But it doesn't explain why they're called pips.
Polo
Top and bottom of the die adds up to 7, that’s why when you play craps with 2 dice, if you add the two tops together, a 7 would come out more than any other number with a total of 6 combinations on a total of 36 combinations from 2-12.
gobledygook
I thought the Latin word for die was alea. I only get this from Julius Caesar's quote as he led his army across the Rubicon: "Alea jacta est"
nandy
i dont know that question please give a simple questions na
Mujahid Mohideen R
Nice description about dice.If there was a question called 'Describe dice' we can answer this and get full marks🤗
Player #32567393
GeneralFitzgibbon,
Cozzy 25,
Love Twighlight Zone. As a child, I was allowed to stay up to watch it. My parents were great. Miss them, hope to see them in Heaven with our Lord.
Player #32567393
Jennifer Gruver,
Cozzy 25,
So did I!
Player #25874027
Player #19602677,
Snake eyes is a specific throw in dice players which is a double one
Guillermo
Player #13173675, and great cheese crackers as well
GeneralFitzgibbon
Jack Klugman played a doomed Gambler who is dying in a Twilight Zone episode. He magically finds his dead child ironically named Pip
Player #13023389
Always loved playing dice, even 4 money sometimes. I'm to old to play dice anymore but remember it well.Debby
Glänzendmir2825✨
I think this one was a repeated one.. But came after a very long time.. Even then I got it right ✌️
Player #19602677
I only ever heard them called 'eyes' before, like 'snake eyes'.
joe
Never in 50 years of my life heard this!
Player #9679719
Jennifer Gruver, knew pips but put nips.
docdebbielove1
never knew that. cool.
Roz.peel
I call them spots
Sonicgirl
In the Japanese Dice game Sydo, the Dice are called Menon. They have 12 sides,and you throw 3 Menon's at a time. I got hooked on the Game when i visited back in the 80's.
Player BARTEMAEUS 10
Beelzebubba, The explanation had everything to do with the question, and more.
What more can you say about the pips on a dice?
faithhartman1972
pips is a good game
Birdiemom
Beelzebubba, there just isn't a whole lot to be said about pips, but they could have included the fact that the opposite sides on a cubical die add up to 7.