Patent ID: 6533278
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
A game apparatus for use in a game, the game apparatus comprising:a quantity of play pieces for keeping a score; questions cards having questions printed thereon; and a selector that selects one of the question cards for a team, the play pieces being adapted for betting, so that the team having a turn may bet a selected number of play pieces that the team having a turn can answer the question of a selected question card correctly, and teams not having a turn may optionally bet a selected number of play pieces on whether or not the team having a turn can answer the question of a selected question card correctly, so that all teams participate actively in the game during each turn of the game, the play pieces being further adapted to be collected or paid according to a betting result after the team having a turn has answered the question, subsequently starting a next turn, wherein the game ends when one of the teams has won a predetermined number of play pieces and is thus declared winner.