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Afro American educational quiz game

US5454569A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 25, 1995
Grant dateOct 3, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 25, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F3/0434
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to an Afro American Educational Quiz Game where players receives points for correctly identifying notable black persons on question and answer cards. The game has a game board divided into multiple subject categories with letters for each category and numbers corresponding to letters and numbers on the question and answer cards and token chips, which are kept in a card box, having separate compartments for each subject matter and a chip box with separate compartments for each category. A person chosen as monitor places the numbered and lettered chips on the correspondingly matched numbered and lettered sections of the game board. A player then chooses a category. The monitor then selects a chip from the category chosen by the player, and the monitor picks the question and answer card corresponding to the number and letter on the selected chip. The question and answer card has a mini biography of a notable black person on one side and a photograph of the notable black person on the other side. The player who corectly identifies the notable black person accumulates points until all the cards are retired.

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