Patent ID: 7694974

Claim:
A question and answer game method for entertaining and socializing a party of people at least some of whom are relatively unknown or unequally known to each other, by testing them openly to see how well pairs of people matched at the party know each other and thus teaching all members of the party something about the individuals in each pair, and further by creating competitive bonding between matched pairs of people as against other members of the party, thereby “breaking the ice”, increasing knowledge of one another, and creating a greater social bond among members of the party, comprising: selecting teams comprising two persons from a party of people at least some of whom are relatively unknown or unequally known to each other; designating a first person on each team as an A teammate, and designating a second person on each team as a B teammate; providing a set of predetermined questions on one or more tangible presenting media, the questions designed to determine how well A and B teammates know each other, the set of questions comprising a Group 1 question and a Group 2 question; isolating the B teammates from their A teammates and the party; presenting the Group 1 question to the A teammates, the A teammates responding to the Group 1 question in an open forum, and recording their responses on one or more tangible recording media in a manner hidden from their B teammates; presenting the Group 2 question to the A teammates, the A teammates responding to the Group 2 question in a closed forum by recording their responses on the recording media in a manner hidden from their B teammates and from the other A teammates; bringing the B teammates back from isolation into communication with their A teammates and the party, asking the B teammates the Group 1 question from the presenting media, the B teammates giving their respective responses to the Group 1 question openly, revealing and comparing the A teammates' responses from the recording media to their B teammates'open responses in a manner open to the other teams, and giving a score for matching responses; asking the B teammates the Group 2 question from the presenting media, the B teammates giving their respective responses to the Group 2 question, a first one of the A and B teammates of a first team giving her response to the Group 2 question from the recording media, comparing the second teammate's response to the first teammate's response and revealing the second teammate's response to the other teams if the responses match, and giving a score therefor, but otherwise keeping the second teammate's response hidden from the other teams and giving the other teams in the party a chance to privately consult, to record their responses on the recording media in a manner hidden from the other teams, to reveal their recorded responses one team at a time in an open manner, and then to reveal the second teammate's recorded response in an open manner to all, and giving a score to any team whose recorded response matches that of the second teammate's response.