When life gives you lemons...
Your challenge is to point to a bad situation and turn it around so it seems like a good thing.
You will have one minute of think time and four minutes to respond.
You are not allowed to talk to each other at any time.
There are 35 tokens in front of you. Before each response, you will place a token in the container on the table and then point to one of the situations.
You can respond in any sequence. You may give responses until the team no longer has any tokens or until time ends, whichever occurs first. Each team member may give as many or as few responses as they wish, until the tokens run out.
Questions count against your thinking time.
Your challenge is to point to a bad situation and turn it around so it seems like a good thing.
For example: You might point to #2 and say “I fell off my bike and found twenty dollars”.
Judges:
Provide pencils and paper for use by the team.
Place a container for the tokens within reach of the team.
Print out and place the list of situations in full view of the team members.
List of Situations:
The power went out…
I fell off my bike…
I forgot to do my homework…
My bed collapsed...
I couldn't stop hiccuping...
Scoring:
Common answers will receive 1 point.
Creative answers will receive 3 points.
Highly creative or humorous answers will receive 5 points.
You will be finished when response time ends or you have used all of your tokens.
Tips for teams:
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