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« Last post by Neumms on March 16, 2023, 05:32:20 PM »
It’s odd to combine tests of intellect and athletics or performing talent. The Olympic decathlon doesn’t have a math event, after all. I’m trying to assemble a competition for skills and knowledge.
I think they should be played for score, not head to head. The decathlon isn’t a tournament. That’s why these are mostly bonus games, with how scores are derived as noted.
1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: how high up the ladder
2. Whew’s Gauntlet of Villains: elapsed time to pass all 10
3. Name That Tune’s Golden Medley to test a different field of knowledge: number of tunes named
4. History IQ’s endgame to test in another field: elapsed time to place all correctly
5. TPIR, perhaps Bullseye (how many times you can hit it), Cliffhangers (number of steps) and bidding on a couple showcases (difference), testing pricing skill across groceries, small items and large
6. Scrabble Sprint: time to answer set number of words
7. Now You See It solo round or Lingo: number of answers in a time limit
8. Pyramid which would need more than one round with different partners from a celebrity pool, which isn’t ideal but Pyramid is too good a test to exclude. It could be front game, winners’ circle or both, scored by number correct in a time limit
9. Classic Concentration car game: time to make every match
10. The dramatic conclusion: Wonderwall from Winning Lines (money total) or The Money Maze played alone (time needed to hit all five numerals and get out) which would bring an air of Harry Potter to things.
I like that a couple aren’t on a clock. One alternate: The Who What or Where Game: a series of rounds played against the house.