The Game of Who is Who
Who is Who is an excellent and entertaining mystery game to break the ice, it is ideal for large groups in formation.
Ask your group to stand in front of you. Explain that you have secretly chosen one person in the group as the ‘mystery’ candidate.
This candidate does not even know that they have been chosen, nor does anyone else. Just you.
The object for your group is to correctly identify who the mystery person is before ten questions have been asked. The group’s task is to identify this secret person in as few questions as possible.
Explain that you would now like the group, one at a time, to ask you a question that can only be answered with a “YES” or ”NO” reply. If you are not sure of the answer to a question, avoid saying ‘maybe’ and request that the question be re-phrased.
Instruct anyone to whom the answer does not apply to sit down for the remainder of the game. To illustrate, the question is “have glasses?,” if the person you have chosen wear glasses, you say “yes,” and all of people without glasses in the group sit down.
Anyone can ask a question, even if they are sitting down. After about three or four questions, often less than one-quarter of your group will be left standing.
Your group continues to ask questions until one person is left standing and the mystery has been solved. Play several rounds for as long as your group remains interested in guessing the mysteries.
Moment of Reflection
- Did you learn something about another person that you did not know?
- How difficult was it for you to think of questions that uncovered something about another person you did not know?
- How do we get to know other people better? Is this knowledge useful or beneficial to your group?
The topics of this publication: integration, interactions, disinhibition, distension
