You Will Have 2 Minutes to Think and 4 Minutes to Respond

Verbal Spontaneous Problem
Scratch My Back

JUDGE READS:

This is a verbal problem.
You have one minute to decide which five team members will participate in the problem.

You will have 2 minutes to think and 4 minutes to respond.

You will respond in clockwise order.

Before responding, put one card down in the pile. You may give responses until time ends or you run out of cards.

Questions count against your thinking time. You may not skip your turn, nor repeat, nor pass. If one member of the team is stuck, the team is stuck.

Common answers will receive 1 point.

Creative answers will receive 3 points.

Highly creative or humorous answers will receive 5 points.

There is a phrase that goes “scratch my backand I'llscratchyour back! “
It means, ifyoudo me a favor, I will do you a favor.

Your problem is to name as many things as possible that help someone (or something) and how that someone (or something) helps them back. For example, you might say “I help my mom with the laundry and she gives me 5 dollars” or “I put batteries in the alarm clock and the alarm clock wakes me in the morning.”

JUDGES: Be sure each team member has 7 cards. Provide a box or basket for the cards to be placed into after each response.

Supplies: 35 cards (numbered 1 to 7), box to collect cards.

TEAM COPY

Verbal Spontaneous Problem
Scratch My Back

You will have 2 minutes to think and 4 minutes to respond.

You will respond in clockwise order.

Before responding, put one card down in the pile. You may give responses until time ends or you run out of cards.

Questions count against your thinking time. You may not skip your turn, nor repeat, nor pass. If one member of the team is stuck, the team is stuck.

Common answers will receive 1 point.

Creative answers will receive 3 points.

Highly creative or humorous answers will receive 5 points.

There is a phrase that goes “scratch my backand I'llscratchyour back! “
It means, ifyoudo me a favor, I will do you a favor.

Your problem is to name as many things as possible that help someone (or something) and how that someone (or something) helps them back. For example, you might say “I help my mom with the laundry and she gives me 5 dollars” or “I put batteries in the alarm clock and the alarm clock wakes me in the morning.”