I Guess, I Think, I Know
Trivia is fun. (If you disagree, you can stop reading.) Trivia can be even more fun when friendly competition is involved.
We at The AV Lounge have created a new way to have a fun evening of trivia. A tournament format of three round matches pitting teams of three against one another until only one team remains.
So, how is it different?
Well, anybody can make a guess and then act like they knew it from the start when it turns out to be correct, but what if you had to admit before you answered just how confident you were? What if you had to wager your team’s points on every answer?
I Guess, I Think, I Know has teams qualify every answer with one of the three phrases. Each worth a different number of points plus or minus.
Fall too far behind the other team and be forced to answer “I know” when it’s a wild guess. Play too conservatively and watch the opposing team fly by you on the scoreboard. It’s not just what you know; it’s how confident you are that you know it.
Give me some more rules!
Okay. So, each round has a single topic (e.g. Abraham Lincoln). Three questions will be asked about the topic all at once. Once all three question are asked, groups will have two minutes to write down answers for all three.
Teams MUST answer all three questions or they will be penalized.
Teams MUST also preface each answer with either “I Guess,” “I Think,” or “I Know.” You can answer “I Know” for all three questions if you are confident; you can answer “I Guess” on all three if you don’t have a clue. Any combination of the phrases can be used.
How does the scoring work?
I wasn’t done with what I was just saying, but okay, we can move on.
Scoring works like this:
I Guess = 1pt +/-
I Think = 3pts +/-
I Know = 5pts +/-
So, the best you can get in a round is +15, the worst is -15. Scores do carry over from one round to the next, so you can’t rest after having one good round because all those point could be taken right back.
Sorry for interrupting. What were you wanting to say before?
Thanks, well, the Abraham Lincoln thing I brought up seems like it was just kind of dropped in. You didn’t let me get to the example.
Sorry
It’s okay.
So the questions in the round about Abraham Lincoln might be:
What theater was Abraham Lincoln shot in?
What play was being performed?
Who was the doctor that set John Wilkes Booth’s broken leg after he jumped from the balcony?
Team 1 is pretty confident. They answer:
I Know it was Ford’s Theatre
I Know it was “Our American Cousin”
I Think it was Dr. William Hammond
Team 2 is less confident. They answer:
I Know it was Ford’s Theatre
I Think it was “Our American Cousin”
I Guess it was Dr. Mudd
Dr. Mudd. That’s a dumb name. How’d they do?
Stop interrupting.
Both teams got the first two correct. However, only team two got the third answer correct.
Scores for the two teams are as follows:
Team 1: +5 +5 -3 = 7
Team 2: +5 +3 +1 = 9
Team two would be in the lead going into the second round.
Is there more? This is getting long?
That’s all for now.