Fundex Games Tip of the Tongue Fascicule

AGES: 8+

PLAYERS: 2-8

CONTENTS: 1008 Tip of the Tongue questions on 84

Trivia Cards (double sided) all enclosed in the Buzzer

Case, with built-in Tongue-Two-Second-Timer.

OBJECT: Be the player with the most points when the

game ends (see Rounds). One point is awarded for each

correct answer a player can spit out within two seconds.

SET UP: Remove the Buzzer Case lid. Place one deck of

trivia cards in the top section of the Buzzer Case, the

other deck may remain in the bottom section of the

Buzzer Case, for storage until later use. Players should

decide to begin play with the red side of the deck or the

blue side of the deck. The questions on both sides of the

cards are all of equal difficulty.

The oldest player (you know who you are) begins the

game by being the first “reader.” The player to the right of

the reader is the scorekeeper for Round 1. The

scorekeeper should write each player’s name and the

number of rounds on a piece of paper similar to below.

GAME PLAY: The reader holds the Buzzer Case so they

can easily read the top card through the window in the

case (other players should not be able to see it). Place a

thumb on the Tongue-Two-Second Timer for easy

buzzing. On the card there are six Tip of the Tongue trivia

questions. The correct answer for each question is

indicated in bold after each question.

Starting with question #1 and beginning with the player to

his left, the reader asks each player a question (in order)

on the card. If there are more than six players, the reader

will need to advance to the next card in the Buzzer Case

in order to make sure each player gets to answer one

question in the round. Once the questions on a card have

been read, it may be set aside, face up, to form a discard

pile.

The Buzzer: After the reader reads a question to a

player, he immediately presses the Tongue-Two-Second-

Timer. The player must give the correct answer before

the 2-second timer sounds. In order to earn a point, the

player must finish his answer before the buzzer finishes

buzzing (if there is a discrepancy as to the timing of the

answer and buzzer, the opinion of the majority rules, the

scorekeeper is the tie breaker). The player only gets to

give one answer. If the player’s answer is correct, the

scorekeeper marks a “1” next to the player’s name for

Round 1. If the player’s answer is incorrect, the reader

announces the correct answer and the scorekeeper

marks a “0” as the player’s score for the round.

As soon as this is over, the reader begins to read

Question #2, to the next player, and so on, until each

player has answered one question and Round 1 is

finished.

Rounds: In the next round, the player to the left of the

reader for Round 1 becomes the new reader and the

previous reader becomes the scorekeeper. This rotation

of reader and scorekeeper continues until the determined

number of rounds has been finished. The number of

rounds played in a game is dependent upon the number

of players.

When the game is finished, each player should have

been a reader for an equal number of rounds.

WINNING THE GAME: When the determined number of

rounds have been finished, the scorekeeper for the last

round totals the points for each player. The player with

the highest points is the Tip of the Tongue trivia winner!

PACKING UP/PLAYING AGAIN: When the game is

over, collect the cards from the discard pile, and flip them

so the opposite color sides are facing up. Slide them

behind the stack of cards that are in the top portion of

Buzzer Case, so that when they are rotated through, the

questions on the opposite color side will be read. When

both sides of deck #1 have been read, then pull deck #2

from the storage area and rotate through this deck in the

same way.

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• Never mix old and new batteries (replace all batteries at the same time).

• Do not mix alkaline, standard (carbon-zinc), or rechargeable (nickel-cadmium) batteries.

• Always replace all batteries at the same time.

• Alkaline batteries are recommended for best performance.

• Rechargeable batteries are to be removed from the toy/game before being recharged.

• Rechargeable batteries are only to be recharged under adult supervision.

• Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.

• Do not mix different types of batteries.

• Only batteries of the same or equivalent type as recommended are to be used.

• Batteries are to be inserted with correct polarity.

• Exhausted batteries are to be removed from the toy.

• Supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.

• Dispose of batteries safely (Do not dispose of batteries in fire, batteries may explode or leak).