Questions (game)
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Questions is a game which is played by asking questions. Play begins when the first player asks a question, which is often, "Would you like to play a game?". The second player must respond to the question with another question, i.e. "What kind of game?" Each player's response must be part of the continuing conversation. In other words, one cannot reply with a non-sequitur.
While the game can be played with any number of players, it is most often played with only two. In one multiplayer variant, players are removed from the round for a foul.
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[edit] Scoring
Scoring is done by foul. When a foul is called on a player, his opponent is awarded one point. A foul is called for a "statement" if the player neglects to form his reply as a question, for "hesitation" if the player takes too long in replying (or replies with a non-verbal 'grunt'), for "repetition" if the player repeats a question already asked (game not match), for "rhetoric" if the player asks a rhetorical question, and for "non-sequitur" if a player responds to his query with an unrelated question. When a player receives a foul, a point is awarded to his opponent. First player to get three points wins a game. Matches are played to best out of three games
Alternately, it can be played with two lines, facing each other. the two opponents play each other, and when one is out, the other goes to the back of the line (or to the back of the other line), and scoring can be however you choose to do it
[edit] In popular culture
The game of Questions is featured prominently in the Tom Stoppard play, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and in an abridged form in the 1990 film adaptation of the same. You can watch it HERE!!!
[edit] Excerpt from Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead:
R: do you want to play questions?
G: how d’you play that?
R: you have to ask questions.
G: statement! one-love.
R: cheating!
G: how?
R: I hadn’t started yet.
G: statement. two-love.
R: are you counting that?
G: what?
R: are you counting that?
G: foul! no repetition. three-love and game.
R: I’m not going to play if you’re going to be like that. [pause]
G: whose serve?
R: uh…
G: hesitation. love-one.
R: whose go?
G: why?
R: why not?
G: what for?
R: foul! no synonyms! one all!
G: what in god’s name is going on?
R: foul! no rhetoric. two-one.
G: what does it all add up to?
R: can’t you guess?
G: are you addressing me?
R: is there anyone else?
G: who?
R: how would I know?
G: why do you ask?
R: are you serious?
G: was that rhetoric?
R: no!
G: statement! two all, game point.
R: what’s the matter with you today?
G: when?
R: what?!
G: are you deaf?
R: am I dead?
G: yes or no?
R: is there a choice?
G: is there a god?
R: foul! no non sequiturs! three-two, one game all.
G: what’s your name?
R: what’s yours?
G: you first!
R: statement! one-love.
G: what’s your name when you’re at home?
R: what’s yours?
G: when I’m at home?
R: is it different at home?
G: what home?
R: haven’t you got one?
G: why do you ask?
R: what are you driving at?
G: what’s your name?
R: repetition! two-love, match point.
G: who do you think you are?
R: rhetoric! game and match!
[edit] References
Merilyn Simonds Mohr, Roberta Cooke (Illustrator). The Games Treasury: More Than 300 Indoor and Outdoor Favorites With Strategies, Rules and Traditions. Chapters Pub Ltd. ISBN 1-881527-23-9.
