If you love Jeopardy!, and you love Torts, this is the game for you. Host at least two teams, and use the following rules — as played with my Torts class on our last class of the semester (substitute your own fun facts about the team members for the “Name that Student” category).
- The host does not show the questions in advance. The last team that answers a question correctly selects the next category and point value.
- When a team member selects a category, anyone from any of the teams can buzz in as soon as he or she wants by simply saying the word “buzz,” without conferring with the team. At that point, the host stops reading the question. Only the person who buzzed in can answer the question, with no help from team members. If that team gets it wrong, the host will continue reading the question until another team buzzes in. A team can choose not to attempt to answer a question.
- The first team to answer a question correctly gets the points for that question.
- A team gets the allotted amount of points if it answers a question correctly, but the allotted points are deducted if the team answers incorrectly.
- For Final Tortspardy!, each team confers and decides how much to wager, before seeing the question. Each team can wager up to the total amount of points that team has. The team can then confer when answering the question.
- Players do not have to answer in the form of a question.
Questions below. Categories are duty, breach, causation, miscellaneous, and name that student.