The Grid

Here is a new angle for the classic quiz style games.

You will need:
A list of bible quiz questions.
A 'game board'.

The gameboard is the twist.
It needs to be set out like the grid from the game 'Battleship'

In other words, running along the top of the grid are letters (A, B, C, D etc)
Running down the side of the grid are numbers (1, 2, 3, 4 etc)
As a result your game grid has a piece of paper for each coordinate (eg: B2, C4 etc)

The paper has nothing on the 'outside' (showing the audience) but on the reverse side there is a number which represents the points. These should be mixed up randomly. (eg: 10, 40, 20, 60, etc)

The game works like this.

You need 2 teams.

On their turn, the team is asked a bible question. If they get it right, they get to nominate a coordinate on the grid (eg: A5). The game leader then turns over that piece of paper to reveal the amount of points they won by answering that question correctly. Once this has been recorded, it is the next teams turn. You can continue until all the pieces of paper have been revealed or until you reach a predetermined 'winners score'.

The beauty of this game is the surprise element.
Becuase they 'choose' their own points by nominating the gride reference, a hard question might only earn them 10 points whereas a dead easy question could earn them 50 points!

Tips:

• Decide how big your grid will be - this will determine how many questions you need. (A 5x5 grid will require 25 questions)
• Decide the 'spread' of the points. Will they be playing for 10, 20, 30 or 40? Whatever you decide, let the kids know what is avalible, otherwise they won't know if they got a good score or not!
• Decide if the person who answers the question for the team is the same person who nominates the grid reference. (You could do it either way)
• Maybe if it is the first time you are platying the game in your group - the leaders could do one question as an example.
• For a twist, you could get the teams to nominate their points first and then answer the question.

Scott