Quiz: Are you a Monopoly mogul?

According to Hasbro, as of 2012 more than 275 million copies of Monopoly had been sold worldwide.

During World War II, the British Secret Service sent Monopoly games that contained hidden compasses, maps and metal files to prisoners of war in Germany.

The Boardwalk property, named after a real street in Atlantic City, is the highest-priced real estate in the U.S. versions of Monopoly.

After the early 1950s, the purse, lantern and rocking horse tokens were discontinued and replaced with the dog, wheelbarrow and equestrian tokens.

Although Monopoly's original rules state that each property can only have one hotel, a popular house rule allows players to own multiple hotels on a property. The idea is to create a building shortage and make it too expensive for opponents to pay rent when they land on a multi-hotel property that is owned by another player.

In the French version of Monopoly, Boardwalk is not the highest-priced property on the board. Instead, the honor goes to Rue de la Paix.

Standard Monopoly games are issued with $15,140 in play money.

Under Monopoly's original rules, players in jail can still buy and sell property in transactions with other players, develop hotels and houses, and collect rent.

Statistically speaking, players will land on Illinois Avenue, Go and the B&O Railroad more than any other spaces on the board.

Under one popular house rule, the money collected from Income Tax, Community Chest, Luxury Tax and Chance is awarded to the first player to land on the Free Parking spot.

In the electronic banking version of Monopoly, each player starts the game with $15 million -- a far cry from the $1,500 of standard Monopoly games.

Normally, players pass Go and collect $200. However, when using a house rule that mimics inflation, players pass Go and collect $400, which may sound like a good idea but actually injects too much cash into the game.

Just like in real life, taking out a mortgage on property you already own should be a last-ditch effort to keep afloat -- but it can keep you in the game until your finances recover from a hit.

When players are allowed to stagger their starting points by making their initial moves from corners other than Go, it levels the playing field by offering more equal access to properties. Under the standard rules, the last couple players to start may encounter properties already purchased by the players who went previously.

Based on statistical probabilities, players are least likely to land on the Mediterranean Avenue property when playing Monopoly.

The policeman character is named Officer Edgar Mallory.

The Monopoly mascot was originally named Rich Uncle Pennybags, but he now goes by Mr. Monopoly.

The Monopoly character that's perpetually behind bars is named Jake the Jailbird.

If a Monopoly player lands on a property that's for sale but doesn’t want to purchase it, the property goes up for auction to the highest bidder.

Sidney Mobell, a jeweler in San Francisco, once produced a Monopoly game with diamond-studded dice and a gold-covered board. The set was valued at $2 million.