Did you know Bingo is used to refer to other games, songs, films, provinces, athletes etc?
The word Bingo is commonly used to describe the game we all know and love; the game that we play online or at a hall with our bingo buddies. Although the spelling of bingo is always the same we’ll see that it can take on multiple meanings.
Bingo when playing Scrabble
Bingo is a jargon term that is used while playing Scrabble and a player uses all seven letters in one turn. This also applies to use 8 or 9 tiles in a turn of 9-tile scrabble. Any player who does this receives an extra 50 points on top of what the word would normally score. In the UK, this is more often called a bonus but is occasionally called a bingo.
Bingos are important to getting a high score in Scrabble. A beginner would be lucky to score even one bingo during a game Scrabble experts frequently score three or more. These experts strategize and use various methods to make a bingo: blank tiles are hoarded, unwelcome letters are played even for low points, and flexible letter groups are built up until an easy bingo is formed.
Bing Bing! Bingo
Bing Bing Bingo is a Japanese Bingo game launched in 1993 for the Super Famicom system. The player can play Bingo through a slot machine, while skydiving, or even play a Santa Claus bingo game. You can also play bingo on a pirate ship or play arm wrestling! What will they think of next! The game was never released in North America because people in America tend to prefer action and sports games; they figured releasing a bingo game would be detrimental to their financial success. The numbers in this game are called in Japanese rather than English so knowledge of Japanese is vital in order to follow this game.
Music
Bingo is the first solo album of the German singer, songwriter and musician Bela B. His solo album contains many different genres of music: country, rockabilly, beat music, and rock. Bela B.’s solo record reached number 2 at the German Top 100 and number five in Austria.
Bingoboys are a dance music trio from Vienna. They have had two hits on the US Billboard charts back in 1991. Their debut single “how to dance” hit #1 on the dance charts and was rated #25 on the Billboard top 100. The group consists of Djs Klaus Biedermann, Paul Pfab, and Helmut Wolfgruber.
Stay tuned for next week’s edition where we’ll look at bingo literature, athletes, movies and even Bingo food!
