Lockdown Trivia V

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Nothing to do with maths. It’s to do with the rules of the game. If you get a pawn all the way to your opponents first rank, you can play it as a queen (technically, you can play it as any piece you like). 

Since there are 16 pawns in the game, you can reach a total of 18 queens.

Boru

Incorrect.

A pawn that is queened cannot move like a knight.

Right, but that's not what I said.  When you move a pawn to your opponents first rank, it doesn't have to be promoted to queen - it can be promoted to any piece you like (although they are almost always made queen).  You're correct than you can't declare it a queen and then play it as a knight, but you can declare it as a knight and play it that way.

Boru