The Game of World Events

WORLD EVENTS is a combination of two different subjects, each played with the same game format.

The first subject is Current Events. Players are faced with questions about major events that have happened worldwide during the most recent year. Before each question is read by a central reader, players hear the topic of the question and are asked to wager either 6 or 4 or 2 points that they will know the answer to the question. Players understand that, if they answer, a correct answer will earn the number of points wagered, whereas an incorrect answer will lose half the number of points wagered (-3, -2, or -1). All questions are multiple choice (A, B, C, or D). A further twist is that each player has TWO abstentions that may be used out of the ten questions each round. A player may abstain and accept a score of zero on a question, even after hearing the question and choices.