Trivia game and method for play

Abstract

A game that includes cards having questions and more than one category of answers, and scorekeeping pieces for tracking scores of respective players. A method of play includes asking players to identify the source of famous quotations; players are awarded scorekeeping pieces, such as magnetized marbles, for identifying the Title of the work, the author or director, and the character that spoke the quote. If a player gives a wrong answer, the next player can request a new question or answer the missed question. In a challenge phase, a player may challenge another player's answer before it is identified as being correct or incorrect. If the challenging player is correct, bonus scorekeeping pieces are awarded. If the challenger is incorrect, the challenger returns scorekeeping pieces. When a player has enough magnetized marbles (scorekeeping pieces) to complete a worm, the player wins the round or the game.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method for playing a game, the method comprising: 
 asking to a first player, a question having more than one answer category;    the first player responding to the question by attempting to answer each answer category for the question;    determining whether the response by the first player to each answer category is correct; and    awarding the first player a number of scorekeeping pieces proportionate to the answer category for which the first player responded correctly.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the question comprises a quote from a character and the more that one answer category includes (i) a title and (ii) an author, of a work including the quote.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the work comprises a book.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2  wherein the work comprises at least one o f a movie, a play, and a song.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the more than one answer category further includes (iii) a name of the character.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein before determining whether the responses are correct, the method further comprises: 
 allowing a challenge by a second player to the first player's response, the challenge comprising, the second player identifying an answer for the answer category to which the second player believes the first player responded incorrectly.  
 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the challenge further comprises, awarding the second player an amount of scorekeeping pieces for a correct challenge.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein after awarding the first player the number of scorekeeping pieces, play passes to a second player having the option of: 
 (i) answering each answer category from the question to the first player that was incorrectly responded to by the first player; or  
 (ii) having a new question asked to the second player.  
 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the scorekeeping pieces are individual shaped pieces that, when put together, form a recognizable shape.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the individual shaped pieces comprise magnetized marbles.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a computer program product comprising machine-readable code stored on a tangible medium, when executed by a computer, performs the asking, determining and awarding steps.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the amount of scorekeeping pieces awarded to the second player for the correct challenge is twice the number of scorekeeping pieces proportionate to the answer category.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 7  wherein the challenge further comprises, deducting scorekeeping pieces from the second player for an incorrect challenge.  
     
     
         14 . A game to be played by at least two players, the game comprising: 
 a plurality of cards each having a question and more than one answer, each answer pertaining to certain categories of the question;    a plurality of scorekeeping pieces that when enough scorekeeping pieces are accumulated by a particular player the combined scorekeeping pieces form a recognizable shape; and    directions comprising steps for asking to a first player, the question on one of the plurality of cards; the first player responding to the question by attempting to provide the answers to the question; determining whether the response by the first player to each answer is correct; and awarding the first player a number of scorekeeping pieces proportionate to the category for which the first player provided a correct answer.    
     
     
         15 . The game of  claim 14  wherein each of the plurality of scorekeeping pieces comprises a magnetized marble.  
     
     
         16 . The game of  claim 15  wherein the magnetized marbles include a color associated with the particular player.  
     
     
         17 . The game of  claim 14  wherein the question comprises a quote from a character and wherein the certain categories comprise (i) a title and (ii) an author of a work containing the quote.  
     
     
         18 . The game of  claim 17  wherein the work comprises one of a movie, a song, a book, poetry, nursery rhymes and a play.  
     
     
         19 . A multi-player trivia game implemented as a computer program product including machine-readable code comprising: 
 code for presenting to a player, a question having more than one answer category;    code for accepting from the player a response to the question comprising answers for each answer category of the question;    code for determining whether the response by the player to each answer category is correct; and    code for awarding the first player a number of scorekeeping pieces proportionate to the answer category for which the player responded correctly.    
     
     
         20 . The multi-player trivia game of  claim 19  wherein the question comprises a quote from a character in work.  
     
     
         21 . The multi-player trivia game of  claim 20  wherein the more than one answer category comprises a title and an author of work.  
     
     
         22 . The multi-player trivia game of  claim 21  wherein the more than one answer category further comprises the name of the character from which the quote came.  
     
     
         23 . The multi-player trivia game of  claim 21  wherein the work comprises one of a book, a movie, a song or a play.  
     
     
         24 . The multi-player trivia game of  claim 19  wherein the computer program product is adapted to host, on a network server, a plurality of players over a network.