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50 free Uno trivia questions with answers — entertainment quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Uno began in 1971 in a barbershop in Reading, Ohio, where Merle Robbins and his family mortgaged their house to print the first 5,000 decks. A funeral-parlour owner bought the rights for $50,000, ran the company from behind his funeral home, and two decades later sold the whole thing to Mattel. The game is now in the National Toy Hall of Fame and has a world champion. These 50 questions cover the history and the rules that families argue about: how many cards are in the deck, what a Wild Draw Four challenge costs, whether stacking Draw Twos is official (Mattel says no), what the Seven-O and Jump-In house rules do, and how the 2015, 2017 and 2022 rule changes altered the game. There are questions on the special editions too: the waterproof H2O deck, the Braille and colour-blind versions, the NFL fandom sets, the Dos spin-off, the slot machines and the heist movie that was announced with Lil Yachty. Easy questions cover colours and card counts; the expert tier asks about the printer in Maywood, the esports arena in Las Vegas and the scrapped million-dollar game show. Every answer is cited and explained.
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Q 01In which year was Uno first developed?
1971
It took two decades to reach Mattel, which bought the rights in 1992.
Q 02Who invented Uno?
Merle Robbins
He first sold it from his own barbershop.
Q 03Uno was created in a suburb of which U.S. city?
Cincinnati
Reading, Ohio, is the town; the inventor's family and friends were the first players.
Q 04In which year did Mattel acquire Uno's owner, International Games?
1992
The deal closed on 23 January that year.
Q 05Uno is derived from which family of card games?
Crazy eights
That family in turn descends from the German game mau-mau.
Q 06Uno's ancestry traces back to which traditional German card game?
Mau-mau
Crazy eights sits between the two on the family tree.
Q 07How did the inventor's family raise the $8,000 for the first print run?
They mortgaged their home
The money paid for 5,000 copies.
Q 08How many copies were in Uno's first print run?
5,000
They were sold from the inventor's barbershop and then by local businesses.
Q 09Where did the inventor first sell the game?
His barbershop
Local businesses soon started stocking it too.
Q 10Robert Tezak, who bought the rights to Uno, ran what kind of business?
A funeral parlour
International Games' offices were behind the funeral home in Joliet, Illinois.
Q 11How much royalty per game did the inventor receive after selling the rights?
10 cents
The sale price was $50,000 plus the per-game royalty.
Q 12The early games were printed by Saltzman Printers in which Illinois town?
Maywood
Lewis Saltzman produced the decks for International Games.
Q 13In which year was Uno inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame?
2018
It went in alongside pinball and the Magic 8 Ball.
Q 14The first official Uno World Champion was crowned in 2021 in which city?
Q 21How many cards are dealt to each player at the start of a hand?
Seven
The top card of the rest is then flipped to start the discard pile.
Q 22In which direction does play initially proceed?
Clockwise
A Reverse card flips it.
Q 23Officially, a Wild Draw Four may be played under what condition?
Holding no card of the current colour
The next player can challenge and make you show your hand.
Q 24If a Wild Draw Four challenge fails, how many cards must the challenger draw?
Las Vegas
The final was held at the HyperX Esports Arena for a $50,000 prize.
Q 15What was the prize for winning the inaugural Uno Championship Series?
$50,000
The event marked the game's 50th anniversary.
Q 16Before the 2022 rule change, how many points won a game of Uno?
500
Points scoring is still offered as an optional way to play.
Q 17How many cards were in the classic Uno deck before 2018?
108
Sets made since 2018 have 112, adding Wild Shuffle Hands and three customizable Wilds.
Q 18How many zero cards does each colour have?
One
Every other number from 1 to 9 appears twice per colour.
Q 19How many Wild +4 cards are in the deck?
Four
There are also four plain Wild cards.
Q 20How many cards are in an Uno deck made since 2018?
112
The extras are one Wild Shuffle Hands and three customizable Wild cards.
Six
The usual four plus two more, and they lose their turn.
Q 25What is the penalty for being caught not calling "Uno" on your penultimate card?
Draw two cards
You are safe if nobody catches you before the next player takes their turn.
Q 26When scoring, how many points is each action card worth?
20
Number cards count face value and Wilds count 50.
Q 27How many points does a Wild card score against a player holding it?
50
The newer Swap and Shuffle Hands cards were originally worth 40.
Q 28In a two-player game, which card acts like a Skip?
Reverse
Modern instruction sheets no longer mention this rule.
Q 29In 2019 Mattel surprised Twitter by confirming which popular move is NOT an official rule?
Stacking draw cards
Progressive or stacking Uno remains a house rule only.
Q 30Under the Seven-O house rule, what happens when a 7 is played?
The player swaps hands with someone
Playing a 0 makes everyone pass their hand to the next player.