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Trivia Bowl

Rapid-fire questions from history to pop culture. Buzz in or get left behind.

1. The host reads a question.
2. First team to buzz gets to answer.
3. Wrong answer? The other team gets a shot.

How to win: Most points when the final question is read.

Video: How to Play Quiz Bowl · National Academic Quiz Tournaments

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Math Sprint

Timed rounds where speed and accuracy both count.

1. Each round flashes a problem on screen.
2. Teams solve it on their whiteboard.
3. Boards up when the clock hits zero.

How to win: Most correct answers across all rounds.

Video: Countdown Round Finals Mashup · MATHCOUNTS Foundation

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Science Challenge

Lab-style problems and lightning-round science questions.

1. Mix of quick-fire questions and "what happens next?" demos.
2. Teams buzz in to answer.

How to win: Most points at the end of the round.

Video: 2017 National Science Bowl High School Championship Match · doescience

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Spelling Showdown

One word. One shot. No do-overs.

1. Players from each team face off one at a time.
2. Spell the word correctly to stay in.
3. Miss and the next player steps up.

How to win: Last team with a speller standing.

Video: 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winning Moment · Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Team Puzzle

Problems built so no one can solve them alone.

1. Each team gets an identical puzzle.
2. Work together to crack it.

How to win: First team to solve it.

Video: Walker students play the Breakout EDU learning game · Salem-Keizer Public Schools

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Run & Buzz

Know the answer? Prove it. The buzzer is across the gym.

1. One player from each team waits at the start line.
2. The host reads the question.
3. Sprint to the buzzer. First to hit it gets to answer.

How to win: Most correct answers after every player has run.

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Name That Motown Tune

The first few seconds of a Detroit classic. Can you name it?

1. Play the opening seconds of a song.
2. Buzz in with the song title or the artist.
3. Stumped? Play a few more seconds.

How to win: Most songs named correctly.

Video: Identify These 7 Songs And Win $100,000… Can He Do It?? | Name That Tune · Reality Club

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Detroit Trivia

How well do you know your city?

1. Questions are all about Detroit.
2. Buzz in to answer. Steals allowed on a miss.

How to win: Most points when the deck runs out.

Video: Detroit: News Clues | Category | JEOPARDY! · Jeopardy!

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Fact or Cap

True or false, but make it fun. Is it fact, or is it cap?

1. The host reads a statement.
2. Every player holds up Fact or Cap at the same time.

How to win: Team with the most correct calls.

Video: Teachers Play True or False: School Edition · BuzzFeedVideo

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Rapid Fire Five

Five answers. Ten seconds. Go.

1. The host reveals a category, like "things in a kitchen".
2. Name five things in that category before the 10 seconds are up.

How to win: Hit all five to score. Most points after every round wins.

Video: 5 Second Rule with Ricky Gervais · TheEllenShow

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Sketch Relay

Pictionary, but every teammate gets 10 seconds with the marker.

1. One team draws while the other team watches the clock.
2. Each drawer adds to the picture for 10 seconds, then passes the marker.
3. The rest of the team shouts guesses.

How to win: Most words guessed before time runs out.

Video: Pictionary with Kristen Bell, Steve Harvey and Demi Lovato - Part 1 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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Balloon & Cup Blowout

Pure lung power. No hands allowed.

1. Players race using nothing but their breath.
2. Blow up balloons and blow cups down the table to the finish.

How to win: First player to finish scores the point for their team.

Video: Minute To Win It - This Blows · Darell Nonis

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Candy Sort

Fast fingers, sharp eyes, and a pile of candy.

1. Each player gets the same pile of candy.
2. Sort every piece by color into 5 cups.

How to win: First to sort the whole pile correctly, or the most sorted when the minute is up.

Video: Minute To Win It Challenge: M&M Sorting Icebreaker FUN!!! (CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND!!!) · Mr. Peace

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Breakfast Scramble

Rebuild the cereal box before your opponent does.

1. Two opposing players each get a scrambled cereal box front.
2. Piece it back together as fast as you can.

How to win: First complete box wins.

Video: Minute To Win It - Breakfast Scramble · Darell Nonis

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Swinging Bananas

The silliest race on the show. Hips do all the work.

1. Each player ties a string around their waist with a banana hanging down the middle.
2. Put a ball on the ground in front of each player.
3. Swing the banana to knock the ball toward the finish line. No hands, no feet.

How to win: First ball across the finish line.

Video: Minute To Win It Banana Style · Capes Gameranium

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Bucket Splash

Expect to get wet.

Video: Water Bucket Relay Race #SHORTS · Party City

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Face the Cookie

Cookie on your forehead. Get it into your mouth. Face muscles only.

1. Tilt your head back and place a cookie on your forehead.
2. Wiggle, scrunch, and shimmy it down to your mouth. No hands.
3. Drop it? Start over with a new cookie.

How to win: First player to eat the cookie.

Video: Minute To Win It - Face The Cookie · Darell Nonis

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Stack Attack

Build the pyramid. Tear it down. Beat the other team.

1. Start with a single stack of 36 cups.
2. Build a pyramid using every cup.
3. Then restack it all back into one tower.

How to win: First team back to a single stack.

Video: Minute To Win It - Stack Attack · Darell Nonis

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Junk in the Trunk

Shake it like you mean it.

1. Strap a tissue box full of ping pong balls to the back of your waist.
2. Shake, jump, and wiggle every ball out. No hands.

How to win: First empty box wins.

Video: Minute To Win It - Junk In The Trunk · Darell Nonis

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Defying Gravity

Three balloons. Sixty seconds. Nothing touches the floor.

1. Toss all three balloons into the air.
2. Keep them up for a full minute using only your hands.

How to win: Last player with every balloon still in the air.

Video: Minute To Win It - Defying Gravity · Darell Nonis

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Noodling

A strand of spaghetti, a pile of penne, and steady nerves.

1. Hold one strand of spaghetti in your mouth.
2. Use it to pick up penne noodles one at a time. No hands.

How to win: Most penne on your spaghetti when the minute is up.

Video: Minute To Win It - Noodling Around · Darell Nonis

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Suck It Up

One straw, two plates, and a whole lot of candy.

1. Use the straw to suck up one candy at a time.
2. Move it from the full plate to the empty one.

How to win: Most candies moved in 60 seconds.

Video: Minute To Win It - Suck It Up · Darell Nonis

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Blindfold Obstacle Course

One player can't see. The whole team is yelling directions.

1. One player is blindfolded at the start.
2. Teammates shout directions to guide them through the course.
3. Touch an obstacle and take a 5 second penalty.

How to win: Fastest time through the course.

Video: Blindfold Course · Dranesville Elementary PE

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Sponge Relay

Soak it, sprint it, squeeze it.

1. Dunk the sponge in the full bucket.
2. Run it to your empty bucket and squeeze.
3. Hand off the sponge to the next teammate.

How to win: Most water in the bucket when time runs out.

Video: Corporate Picnic Game Ideas: Wet Sponge Relay Race · Event Solutions

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Hula Hoop Chain

Hold hands. Pass the hoop. Don't let go.

1. The team stands in a line holding hands.
2. Pass the hula hoop from one end to the other by stepping and ducking through it.
3. Let go of a hand and the hoop goes back to the start.

How to win: First team to get the hoop to the end of the line.

Video: Teamwork Challenge: Hula Hoop Pass Game! · Teacher Related

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Tug of War

The season finale. Every muscle, every teammate, one rope.

1. Each team grabs an end of the rope.
2. On the whistle, pull.

How to win: Drag the other team's front player across your win line. Best two out of three.

Video: Tug of war matches at Lanesborough Elementary School Field Day 2013 · The Berkshire Eagle

Individual contestants

Spatula Scoop

Scoop it, flip it, keep it.

1. Use only the spatula to scoop money from the pile into the bowl.
2. Keep going until time runs out.

How to win: Every bill in the bowl is yours.

Video: Our kids and cousins playing a spatula money game for keeps · Six Team Tactical

Individual contestants

Can Roll

Roll it right and roll away rich.

1. Line up a row of money along the floor or table.
2. Roll the can down the row.

How to win: Wherever the can stops is how much you keep.

Video: Soda Can Roll Money Challenge! · Takuka

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Cup Hop

Blow the ball from glass to glass. The farther it goes, the more you collect.

1. Line up the 6 glasses single file and give each glass a dollar bill.
2. Set the ping pong ball on top of the first glass.
3. Contestants stand in line and take turns blowing the ball from cup to cup.

How to win: Wherever the ball falls decides how much each contestant collects.

Video: Blow The Ball Over Water Glass And Win Money Challenge | Best Family Funny Game · Aijayglory

Individual contestants

Money Booth

Step inside, the fans kick on, and the cash starts flying.

1. Step into the booth.
2. When the fans start, grab every bill you can for 30 seconds.

How to win: Every bill you catch is yours.

Video: Big Win at the TDWI Money Booth · TDWI

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Price Is Right

How much does it cost? Closest guess cashes in.

1. The host shows an item.
2. Each contestant writes down their price guess.
3. Reveal the real price.

How to win: Closest guess without going over wins the cash.

Video: Wow! See a Bunch of Overbids in Contestant’s Row - The Price Is Right 1982 · The Price Is Right: The Barker Era

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Plinko

Drop the chip, watch it bounce, pray for the big slot.

1. Drop a chip from the top of the board.
2. It bounces down through the pegs and lands in a slot.

How to win: Win the dollar amount your chip lands on.

Video: Let's Play Plinko | The Price Is Right | CBS · CBS Game Shows

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Balloon Pop

A wall of balloons. Some have cash inside. Choose wisely.

1. Each contestant gets a set number of pops.
2. Pick a balloon and pop it.

How to win: Keep whatever cash falls out.

Video: POP The Balloon and Win Some CASH MONEY💰 · Viralish Games

Viewers at home

Donation Goals

Hit the goal and the host takes a pie to the face.

1. Announce a donation target live on the stream.
2. When donations hit it, the host does the dare.

How to win: Everybody wins. More money goes to the students and their schools.

Video: Take A Pie In The Face In The Name Of Charity · WCCO - CBS Minnesota

Viewers at home

Chat Picks the Game

You call the shots. Vote for what happens next.

1. Post a poll with two or three minigames.
2. Viewers vote.
3. The winning game is played next.

How to win: The audience gets the game they want.

Video: Twitch Polls Tutorial - For Streamers And Mods · Trui

Viewers at home

Power-Ups

Back your team with a game-changing boost.

1. Donations unlock power-ups for the team the viewer supports.
2. Double Points doubles the next round. Freeze pauses the other team for 10 seconds.

How to win: Your team gets an edge, and more money goes to the students.

Video: Crowd Control Guide: Let Viewers Interact with Your Games on Twitch · All Creator Tools

Viewers at home

Pick'em

Call every winner before the game starts.

1. Before each game, viewers pick who they think will win.
2. Scores update all season.

How to win: Most correct picks earns bragging rights.

Video: How to play NCAA March Madness Men's Bracket Challenge · March Madness

Everyone watching

Intermission Trivia

Were you paying attention last week?

1. During the break, the host asks trivia questions about the previous episode.
2. Teams and viewers play along.

How to win: Bragging rights, and proof you watched.

Video: See TODAY Fans Play HQ Trivia With Host Scott Rogowsky | TODAY · TODAY