Our days in Vegas got my friends and I on a constant gambling rush. To fill in the gaps between stints at the tables, we played a game taught to us by Chris. The rules of the game: One person is asked a question that has a numerical answer, one that the answer is not definitely known and preferably that cannot be estimated with great accuracy. For instance, we asked questions like how many gallons are in the pool at the Paris, how many grams does a Ford Focus weigh, things like that. The estimator writes down the answer and his work is done. The others in the group then begin bidding on the number they think the estimator estimated. Bidding starts at, say, 10,000 gallons, if someone else thinks the number is higher, they up the bid, 20,000 gallons, 25, 30, 40, and it keeps going up until nobody wants to go any higher. At this point the real number is revealed and if it is indeed higher than the highest bidders number, then everyone owes that person (we played $1), if the actual number is lower than the highest bidders number, then the high bidder owes everyone else.
We chose zack to be our estimator, just because we knew he would give us some interesting answers. We were not dissapointed.
The Eiffel Tower is 7,500 feet tall
There are 23 million platypuses in the world
There are less than a million white people in Africa
There are 1 billion animal crackers eaten every day
So, ya the game is a good time, have fun with it.
3 comments:
According to WikiAnswer, there are a few THOUSAND platypuses in the world.
On the Zack side of things, I discovered that there are 40 million packages of Barnum's animal crackers produced per year.
For a surprising final note, there are between 5 and 7 million white people in Africa.
I think we need to play more often.
and how many animal crackers are in each package eh?
And i wasent that far off on white people. I said four at first gezz... a few thousand? hmm that makes them endangered right?
Post a Comment