Games for Teen Agers

SAUCER BEANS: Divide the
group into two teams. Two play
at a time, one from each of two
teams. Have a saucer contain-
ing 12 to 20 small beans on a
table where everybody can have
a good look. Then on tables, or
chairs, about 4 paces away, place
empty saucers, one to the right,
the other to the left. Give each
of the players a drinking straw,
tell him to put it in his mouth,
' pick up the beans (by sucking
in)—one at a time—and carry
them to their allotted saucer.
The thing is to race your op-
ponent and to see how many
you can safely transport in, say,
half a minute. If you begin to
laugh you’re “sunk”, so a sense
of humor is of no advantage.
But just try not to! Each team
keeps count and the totals are
added when each player has had
his turn.

FIVES’ QUIZ: Give each
player a piece of paper and ask
him to write the following:

1. Name 5 proverbs about time.

2. Name 5 animals peculiar to
Australia.

3. Name 5 things that are con-
sidered unlucky to do.

4. Name 5 musical instruments
beginning with the letter T.

5. Name 5 famous men named
Smith.

6. Name 5 symbols of good luck.
7. Name 5 Mother Goose rhymes
beginning with “Little”.

8. Name the 5 Dionne quintup-

lets.
9. Name 5 planets.
10. Name the 5 Great Lakes.

CATEGORIES: This is one
of the most popular paper and
pencil games. This one calls for
a bit more thought and gives
everyone a chance to show off
his special knowledge. Choose
a word of four or five letters and
have each player: write it down
the left-hand side of his paper,
one letter under the _ other.
Across the top of the page write
five different “categories”
things like fruits, vegetables,
cities, rivers, actors, flowers,
cards, etc. Ask the players to
suggest these. The object is to
fill in, under each category,
words beginning with the initial
letters at the left. Suppose you
chose CHAIR as your key word
and picked upon cars, flowers,
cities, colleges and actors for
your categories. Your top row,
opposite the letter C, might be
Chevrolet, Carnation, Cleveland,
Cornell, Joan Crawford. The
next row could be Hudson,
Hyacinth, Helsinki, Harvard,
Bob Hope. After 10 minutes of
brain cudgeling, call “time” and
score the papers. Players read
out their words in turn, scoring
ten points for words no one else
has used; five for duplicates,
zero for errors or blanks. Or

just a plain total will do, a point
for each one correct.