Multiplayer Game

Abstract

A question and answer game includes more than one answer choice to each question and each answer choice has a strategic element with a risk/reward tradeoff.

1 . A method of playing a question and answer game, comprising:
 providing more than one answer choice to each question; and   adding a strategic element with a risk/reward tradeoff to each answer choice such that selection of an answer choice includes consideration of the risk/reward tradeoff of the strategic element.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein adding the strategic element comprises assigning a payout of greater than one to at least one answer choice. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein assigning the payout includes assigning payouts to each answer choice such that the payouts are not all identical. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein assigning the payout includes assigning a payout to each answer choice such that a more risky answer choice includes a higher payout and a less risky answer choice includes a lower payout. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein determining the riskiness of an answer choice is accomplished by ordering the answer choices from the smallest numerical value to the largest numerical value. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 determining the winning answer as the answer choice having a closest numerical value to a correct answer.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 instructing players to select one or more answer choice as the potential winning answer.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 allowing players to put a wager on one or more answer choice as the potential winning answer.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the strategic element comprises a payout multiple and further comprising:
 awarding players that put a wager on the winning answer in an amount equal to a product of the wager and the payout multiple; and   penalizing players that put a wager on a losing answer in an amount of the wager.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein providing more than one answer choice comprises providing more than one player-generated answer choice. 
     
     
         11 . A question and answer game, comprising:
 a playing surface having more than one answer position, each answer position having a payout multiple with a risk/reward tradeoff.   
     
     
         12 . The game of  claim 11 , wherein the more than one answer position comprises a first answer position, a second answer position, a third answer position, a fourth answer position, a fifth answer position, a sixth answer position, and a seventh answer position arranged to receive each answer choice according to a numerical value from smallest answer choice to largest answer choice. 
     
     
         13 . The game of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 more than one player card configured to receive an answer choice.   
     
     
         14 . The game of  claim 11 , further comprising:
 more than one player card that includes a player identification.   
     
     
         15 . The game of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 poker chips to keep track of player wagers and scores.