Quiz Chef Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Rules
  • Special cards: the chef's specialities
  • If you are playing with two
  • If you are more than ten
  • If you want unpredictable games
  • If you like chaos

Rules

Each card shows four questions on its front, in order of difficulty: the first is the easiest and is marked by the green colour; then the one with the yellow question, then the orange, and finally the red one, which is the hardest. The answers are on the back of the card.

The players agree on the difficulty level to use for the entire game: that is, they choose whether to use green, yellow, orange or red.

Shuffle the cards and choose the Speaker for the first turn at random.

The Speaker draws a card, taking care not to show its back, and reads the phrase of the chosen difficulty. The Speaker then looks secretly at the correct answer.

Clockwise, each player in turn tries to guess which word (or phrase, such as "coarse salt") has been censored and therefore replaced by BEEP!.

For example: egg pasta is made with eggs, salt and BEEP! (Answer: flour).

The first player to guess correctly wins the card and becomes the new Speaker. If nobody guesses, the Speaker role passes clockwise, and the card is added to the Jackpot, the pool of unwon cards. If there are cards in the Jackpot, the player who guesses correctly also receives one card from the Jackpot. A correct answer can therefore earn two cards!

It is not necessary to guess the exact word; a synonym is also fine. If a dispute arises, the players vote on whether to accept the answer or not.

Whoever first wins five cards wins the game!

Special cards: the chef's specialities

The deck contains cards that have a special effect in the game, as indicated on the card itself.

• Whoever answers exactly first wins this card. Everyone may try to answer, without order! The only referee is the Speaker!
• Whoever wins this card steals a card from another player. If the other players have no cards, too bad: steal nothing. You can steal thanks to this card only if you win it by answering correctly, not if you take it from another player or from the Jackpot.

If you are playing with two

The Speaker does not look at the answer, and may try to guess, but only after the other player.

After both players have given an answer, check who guessed correctly. The player who guessed correctly wins the card and becomes the new Speaker. If both guessed correctly, the card goes to the player who was not the Speaker. If nobody guessed correctly, the card goes, as usual, to the Jackpot.

If a special card "Whoever answers first wins" comes up, treat it as a normal card.

If you are more than ten

Divide into teams and nominate a spokesperson who gives the answer when it is your team's turn.

If you want unpredictable games

Instead of choosing a difficulty level, choose a colour from black, purple, sky blue and fuchsia, and always read the question with the BEEP! of that colour.

If you like chaos

Get a small soft object (a tea towel, a ball, etc.) and keep it in the centre of the table. Once the question has been asked, the player who grabs the object first has the right to answer.

• If the answer is right, that player wins the card and becomes the new Speaker.
• If the answer is wrong, that player puts the object down (where it can immediately be taken by someone else!) and may not answer again in this turn.
• If after one minute nobody has answered correctly, the Speaker role passes clockwise, and the card is added to the Jackpot.

Remember: play sportingly!