Short-form game
Questions Only
A scene in which every single line must be a question. Anything else eliminates the player.
Also known as: Questions
How to run it
- Take a location suggestion from the audience.
- Two players begin a scene in which every line is a question.
- A statement, a hesitation, a rhetorical dodge or a non sequitur eliminates that player.
- The eliminated player is replaced immediately by the next in line, who continues the same scene.
- Run for a few minutes and end on a strong elimination.
What it teaches
That a question can carry information if it is specific enough — the difference between "what?" and "why did you bring your mother's ashes to my wedding?"
Coaching notes
Judge harshly on rhetorical questions used as statements, but reward questions that establish relationship and stakes. Played well it is a scene; played badly it is a quiz.
Where it usually goes wrong
Two players volleying grammatically correct questions while nothing whatsoever happens.