Take a Wild Guess is an interactive trivia game. It consist of 1,050 trivial questions requiring a number for an answer. The questions are difficult enough so that no one is expected to know the correct answer, but everyone is required to “take a wild guess”. The person reading the question competes against the other players, who work together to arrive at a consensus answer. The interaction between the other players generates conversation and laughter and often a reasonably close guess. Points are awarded to those that are closest to the exact answer and to any answer that falls on or within the “margin of correctness” (50% either side of the exact answer).
There are five categories animals, 19th century America, science, military, and the 21st century.
Sample Question:
During the last Ice Age's coldest stage (approximately 18,000 years ago), the average temperature in what is now Kansas was how may degrees Fahrenheit colder than today?
The correct answer is 18 degrees.
If the reader was closer than the consensus answer of his opponents he receives 1 point for each player. If the consensus answer was closer each player, except the reader, receives 1 point.
Bonus points are awarded if the closest answer falls within the specified margin of correctness. For this question the margin of correctness is 9 degrees to 27 degrees.