Cuisine-IQ board game

Abstract

A cuisine-IQ board game has a board having spaces designated with respective cuisine types and playing tokens respectively for the players. A selection device is operated by the first player to select one of the cuisine types independently of the operation. A question device is operated by the second (therefore questioner) player to select a first question related to the one of the cuisine types independently of the operation. If the first player answers the first question correctly, the first player receives at least one point, but no point for not answering correctly. Award tokens are awarded to the first player upon accumulating a set number of points, a first of the players accumulating a set number of award tokens winning the board game. Thus, after the first player answers the first question correctly or not, the next player may operate the selection means and continue as the first player did, each player having a turn to answer a question to accumulate points and award tokens.

1 . In a board game for playing by at least a first player and at least one of second and next players, the improvements comprising: 
 a board having spaces designated with respective cuisine types;    playing tokens respectively for the players;    selection means for operation by the first player to select one of the cuisine types independently of the operation, whereby the first player's one of the playing tokens is associated with the one of the spaces designated with the one of the cuisine types selected;    question means for operation by the second player to select a first question related to the one of the cuisine types independently of the operation and the first player to answer, the first player receiving at least one of points for answering the first question correctly and none of the points for not;    award tokens for award to the first player upon accumulating a set number of the points, a first of the players accumulating a set number of award tokens winning the board game,    whereby the next player operates the selection means after the first player has answered to continue the board game from player to player.    
   
   
       2 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the spaces are designated with respective country cuisine types.  
   
   
       3 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the playing and award tokens are food related.  
   
   
       4 . The board game according to  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the playing and award tokens are food related.  
   
   
       5 . The board game according to  claim 3 , wherein the playing tokens are one or more of kitchen-implement-, kettle-, pot- and pan-shaped.  
   
   
       6 . The board game according to  claim 3 , wherein the award tokens are chefs toque-shape.  
   
   
       7 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the spaces are arranged generally circularly.  
   
   
       8 . The board game according to  claim 4 , wherein the spaces are arranged generally circularly.  
   
   
       9 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the board has sections, each of the sections having at least one of the spaces, whereby one of the sections of the board may be replaced with another section having the at least one of the spaces with a different cuisine-type designation.  
   
   
       10 . The board game according to  claim 8 , wherein the board has sections, each of the sections having at least one of the spaces, whereby one of the sections of the board may be replaced with another section having the at least one of the spaces with a different cuisine-type designation.  
   
   
       11 . The board game according to  claim 1 , and further comprising cuisine-type designation pieces for changing the designations of the spaces.  
   
   
       12 . The board game according to  claim 8 , and further comprising cuisine-type designation pieces for changing the designations of the spaces.  
   
   
       13 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the selection means comprises one of a die having sequential numbers on respective faces, a die having cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces on respective faces, and a spinner to point at respective cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces.  
   
   
       14 . The board game according to  claim 10 , wherein the selection means comprises one of a die having sequential numbers on respective faces, a die having cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces on respective faces, and a spinner to point at respective cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces.  
   
   
       15 . The board game according to  claim 12 , wherein the selection means comprises one of a die having sequential numbers on respective faces, a die having cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces on respective faces, and a spinner to point at respective cuisine-type designations corresponding to the designations of the spaces.  
   
   
       16 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the question means comprises cards having the first question and answer thereto on a front side and a motif related to the one of the cuisine types on a back side.  
   
   
       17 . The board game according to  claim 14 , wherein the question means comprises cards having the first question and answer thereto on a front side identification of the one of the cuisine types on a back side.  
   
   
       18 . The board game according to  claim 15 , wherein the question means comprises cards having the first question and answer thereto on a front side and identification of the one of the cuisine types on a back side.  
   
   
       19 . The board game according to  claim 1 , wherein the question means further comprises a bonus question for the first player to be answered only after answering the first question correctly, the first player receiving at least one point for answering the bonus question correctly.  
   
   
       20 . The board game according to  claim 17 , wherein the back side of the question means further comprises a bonus question for the first player to be answered only after answering the first question correctly, the first player receiving at least one point for answering the bonus question correctly.  
   
   
       21 . The board game according to  claim 18 , wherein the back side of question means further comprises a bonus question for the first player to be answered only after answering the first question correctly, the first player receiving at least one point for answering the bonus question correctly.