Family Feud: a fun game also for children

May 26, 2022 0 Comments

Camp Med, a licensed day care program and summer camp sponsored by the City of South Pasadena, asked me to give a presentation to our campers about the upcoming Summer Olympics, as I would be heading to Beijing shortly to work on the games. I thought if I just talk and the kids just listen, it might get a bit boring. So instead I proposed an Olympic family feud.

The campers were divided into 4 groups. Each winning group would receive a prize. The way it worked is that it would ask a question and give a specific group a chance to respond. Unlike Family Feud TV, where only one person can participate, anyone in the group can participate here. Then the team leader would try to write the best answer. If the answer was wrong, the question would go to the next group. If a group was noticeably weaker, they would get the easier questions.

What struck me is how engaged the children were. You could see the wheels turning. They began to think. They wanted to give the correct answer. They wanted to win. They were having fun and so were the other counselors.

The questions that were asked required different skills, memory, reasoning and also listening (which he had talked about all summer). Thanks to the internet, it was very easy to ask questions as there are multiple sites for trivia, kids and information.

When I came back from the Olympics, the children were very interested in my experience. It was as if the Olympic family feud had opened the door for them to be aware of and interested in the Olympics. The event was such a success that we will be following it up with a Halloween Family Feud. For Halloween Family Feud, more jokes and questions will be included with an element of levity. And there will be more questions that our younger children will be able to answer.

The questions (with answers) of both family disputes are attached:

olympic family feud

1. Where am I going tomorrow?

Porcelain

2. The J in Beijing, how is it pronounced?

ace to z

3. How far is Beijing from Los Angeles?

6300 miles

4. China is the third largest country in the world. What is the world’s largest country?

Russia

5. What is the second largest country in the world?

Canada

6. Which country is expected to win the most medals at the Summer Olympics?

Porcelain

7. Where were the last Olympic Games?

Turin, Italy

8. Which country won the most medals at the Winter Olympics in Italy?

Germany (29)

9. The United States won the second most medals. How many medals did the United States win in Italy?

25

10. Who is shooting to win 8 gold medals and what sport is he in?

Michael PhelpsSwimming

11. Dara Torres is on the US Olympic swim team. How old is she?

41

12. Why have so many world swimming records been set in recent months?

The swimsuit: Speedo’s LZR Racer.

13. Which women’s sport will no longer be in the Olympics after this year?

Softball

14. Why don’t some of the athletes go to the Opening Ceremonies?

To avoid air pollution

15. What kind of work do I do at the Olympics?

Ticket Sales

16. Name this famous person that I gave Olympic tickets to in Korea in 1988? Key 1; She lives in California and is over 50 years old. Clue 2: She has been in science fiction movies. Clue 3: She received weightlifting tickets.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

17. Name this famous person that I gave Olympic tickets to in Spain in 1992. Hint 1: He lives in California and is over 60 years old. Clue 2: He appeared in one of the Batman movies. Clue 3: He received basketball tickets.

Jack Nicholson

18. How many Olympics have I worked on?

eleven

19. Name a Summer Olympic event that many people find better to watch on television than to see it in person.

Gymnastics, diving, water polo

20. Where will the next Olympic Games be?

Vancouver, Canada

21. What year?

2010

22. In which country did the Olympic Games originate more than 2700 years ago?

Greece

23. When I was a 12-year-old boy, at the Mexico City Olympics, I was present when Bob Beamon completely broke a world record. He broke the previous world record so much that Sports Illustrated named him 1 of the 5 greatest sports moments of the 20th century. In what sport did he break the record? Hint: It was in athletics.

Bob Beamon set a long jump world record with a jump of (29 feet 2½ inches). It was one of the most amazing feats in the history of the Olympics. He broke the record by more than 21 inches. Since then it has been called the perfect jump.

24. What Olympic moment did Sports Illustrated call the greatest sports moment of the 20th century? Hint: It happened at a Winter Olympics. Clue 2: It involved the United States

In 1980 in Lake Placid, a group of amateur and college hockey players from the US defeated the best professional hockey team in the world, the Soviet Union, 4-3. Since then, this has been called the Miracle on Ice.

Halloween Family Feud

1. In what year did the first Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoon appear?

1924? 500 BC? 2004? 500 BC? 1945? (this) The Middle Ages?

2. Which famous movie character did Boris Karloff play?

Frankenstein

3. What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost?

Bamboo

4. What famous movie character was played by Bela Lugosi?

dracula

5. How much does the world’s largest pumpkin weigh? A: 245 pounds, B: 485 pounds, C: 685 pounds, D: 1,385 pounds (east)

6. What famous movie character was played by Lon Chaney Jr.? Hint: Michael J. Fox also played this character.

The werewolf

7. According to those silly and scary movies, when do werewolves come out?

on full moons

8 What do birds give away on Halloween night?

Cheep…

9. How are the bodies that are wrapped in cloth and kept in tombs known?

mummies.

10. In folklore, a witch is known as?

Sorcerer

11. As a Halloween gift, which chocolate bar do children like best?

giggles

12. According to legend, which Halloween creature usually has all of the following: a single eyebrow, tattoos, and a long middle finger?

A: a werewolf (this one), B: a vampire, C: a witch, D: a golem

13. If you were to draw a witch, what specific element would you like to include on her face?

warts

14. Several famous sci-fi and horror movies were filmed in South Pasadena, name 1:

or Back to the Future (1985)

o Back to the Future Part II (1989)

o Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween II (1981)

o Halloween: 25 years of terror (2006)

or Night of Hell (1981)

o Jurassic Park III (2001)

o Prom Night (2008)

o Scream 2 (1997)

o Teen Wolf (1985)

Terminator, The (1984)

15. What is the favorite dessert of the monsters?

Scream!!

16. Name 1 of the 5 most popular Halloween costumes for kids last year (2007)?

Princess (10.7%)

Spider-Man (4.8%)

Pirate (4.7%)

Witch (4.2%)

Fairy (2.8%)

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