Life and death
Biographical timeline game
150 cards, ranging from 1037 to 1990
Each game uses a random 50 of them
About this deck
Unravel an intriguing paradox of historical coincidence! In this quiz, each card corresponds to a year in which one remarkable person was born and another passed away. Your task is to place these years in chronological sequence. See if you knew who passed the symbolic torch of eras, match famous names, and discover unexpected parallels across world history.
What's inside
Benedict Cumberbatch was born.
Agatha Christie died.
Jacques Cousteau was born.
Leo Tolstoy died.
Vlad III the Impaler was born.
Joan of Arc was executed.
Antonio Salieri was born.
Johann Sebastian Bach died.
Steve Jobs was born.
Albert Einstein died.
How to play
Drag cards onto the timeline so they line up in the right order.
Full rules