Patent ID: 6511069
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A method of playing a trivia game comprising the steps of:providing a game board having a top surface having a generally rectangular shape, said top surface having a game path thereon including a plurality of game spaces, said game path generally resembling a baseball diamond and having a beginning space representing home plate; providing a plurality of game pieces; providing a plurality of trivia cards, each of said first sides having a different baseball trivia question thereon, said trivia questions being selected from the group consisting of regular questions and slam questions, each of said second sides having an answer thereon relating to said trivia question on a respective said first side, each of said first sides of said regular questions having game space movement indicia indicating 1 through 9, each of said first sides of said slam questions having game space movement indicia indicating 10 or greater; selecting four players; selecting a game piece by one of each of said players; and answering in turn one of said trivia questions by one of said players; moving said respective game piece the number of game spaces indicated by said movement indicia if the player answers the trivia question correctly; repeating the answering of one of said trivia questions and moving said respective game piece for each of the remaining players; wherein a player wins the game by moving their game piece around the game path; providing a plurality of strike cards, each one of said strike cards having an indicia, said indicia being strike one, strike two or strike three; selecting one of said strike cards in consecutive order by the player who previously answered the trivia question incorrectly; and disqualifying a player from the game if said player selects said strike three.