Trivial Pursuits. The Rules.

[Tilly2]

When, if playing Trivial Pursuits, you go first and get the answer right, do you just carry on answering until you get an answer wrong?

We played last night and one of the gang insisted that you only answer one question and then pass the dice to the left. We could not find a definitive answer in the rules.

[Peter Pedant]

mistakes are here
https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=239127

science questions are not very good - a bit like university challenge. It becomes obvious that the science questions are set by mediaeval French historians and they dont QUITE get things like relativity or quantum theory

you know like - what is to the left and one down from Scandium in the periodic table .....or
confusing atomic number and atomic weight

oh Paxo talked about molecules of sodium bicarb
oops sorry - it is crystalline and doesnt go round in molecules ....

[Tilly2]

Nails, it was bedlam! We laughed so much. My sixteen year old nephew was a star, he kept us all in order. No one swore.

[sanmac]

Tilly2, if both teams were not adhering to the rules there was no winning or losing side. However, as long as everyone had a good time and enjoyed it that's the main thing.

[nailit]

Good show Tills ;-)
I spent last night with my son and his GF having a takeaway and playing Yahtzee and then that daft game where we have a 'celebs' name on the head and trying to guess who we were. At various times I was Margerat Thatcher, Harold Shipman and Matt Lucas respectively....

[nailit]

My son wasn't impressed at been Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris and Adolph Hitler....

[Tilly2]

Well, Matt Lucas fits with the lack of hair, Nails, so that should have been easy to guess.

[Tilly2]

Aww, poor boy!

[nailit]

//Well, Matt Lucas fits with the lack of hair, Nails//
Aww, Tills. I had a little bit of hair when I met you. Grew it specifically.
To make up for lack of character like!.. :-)

[vetuste_ennemi]

There is no definition of "game" which doesn't assume rules.

If you're playing a game, but ignoring the rules, then you're not actually "playing" that game, are you? You're doing something different.

One such different thing might be Tilly's version of Trivial Pursuit. And good luck to you and yours, Tilly.

Other examples of those "different" things (jeux sans frontières?) might be Mornington Crescent and "analyse and explain" conversations with Peter Pedant.