Well, that’s what you get when you attempt to play a game with a child born post 2000, reliant on the general knowledge of a child born in the 1960s or 70s. News flash of the day; my kids’ have appalling general knowledge. In fairness, Harriet is only seven (Trevor was one of her witticisms) though perhaps what was more telling was the fact that neither she nor Jacob could name a household chore beginning with any of the letters that the wheel landed on, after multiple spins. Hmm.
So, the premise of the game ‘Tell Me’ – the grand quiz game’ (found at a charity shop, as reported here) is pretty straight forward. The preamble to the instructions calls it ‘a jolly party game – for young and old alike. Instructive, humorous and altogether enjoyable’. Any number of persons may take part. A ‘leader’ is chosen to operate the spinning wheel and take the role of ‘Impartial Questioner’ (sounded terrifying). Each round is conducted by the Inquisitor selecting a card, reading the question out to the players (like q. name a river, name a fairy tale) and then spinning the wheel to see what letter the answer must begin with (a. Trevor, Edwina Currie). You get the idea.
Actually, this game, in spite of all the difficulty, was a roaring success. The kids LOVED it. The fact they couldn’t answer half the questions (what child under the age of 47 can name an opera beginning with the letter ‘e’ anyway?) didn’t stop them from laughing their socks off at every silly response they came up with. No tantrums, no petty squabbles, not even any complaint when the question master effectively cheated by allowing Trevor to pass as correct, just because it was the more entertaining of the possible responses.
We award this game 5 stars. Certainly it was instructive, humorous and altogether enjoyable.
decadia designs 