The labyrinth is a kind of post run with 75 posts. The correct solution of a post always results in the next post to be approached. If you choose the wrong solution, you will end up on a wrong path, from which you will sooner or later return to the correct path.
The rules of the game
The labyrinth is a kind of post run with 75 posts. The correct solution of a post always results in the next post to be approached. If you choose the wrong solution, you will end up on a wrong path, from which you will sooner or later return to the correct path.
The game is played in groups of 2 or 3. Each group rolls the dice for its starting post (1 to 6). The answer to a question leads the group to the next post.
Possible evaluation: First and foremost, the number of posts run to the finish line counts. In case of a tie, the running time decides. However, the post race can also be played without evaluation.
| Outdoor game (forest): | The post sheets are hung up according to the scheme (see below). Correct answer = forward wrong answer = backwards |
| Game in or around the house: | The post sheets are hung up in wild confusion and must be searched for each time. The last post (no. 75) should be hung up only when the first group is close to the finish line. Do not tell how many posts there are in total! |
This is a real "all-purpose" game! Can be played in any weather in any place with some space with any number of participants. Can be easily adapted to different age levels with other questions (or even tasks).
Questions for the item sheets
(Correct answers are underlined)
IMPORTANT: If other questions are used, make sure that the correct number of the next item is given with the correct answer! Otherwise the chaos is perfect.
1. Which coastline is longer, Africa's or Europe's?
| a) | Africa | 37 |
| b) | Europe | 55 |
| c) | Both equal | 27 |
2. In which lake is St. Peter's Island located?
| a) | Lake Neuchâtel | 36 |
| b) | Lake Murten | 37 |
| c) | Lake Biel | 27 |
3. What is the name of the person depicted on the Swiss 20 note?
| a) | Sophie Tauber-Arp | 14 |
| b) | Leonhard Euler | 27 |
| c) | Arthur Honegger | 36 |
4. How many percent of the earth's surface is covered with water?
| a) | 70.7 % | 10 |
| b) | 10.2 % | 62 |
| c) | 95.6 % | 55 |
5. Who founded the Boy Scout movement?
| a) | A.J. Mc Pfadingham | 62 |
| b) | Lord W. Scout | 36 |
| c) | R. St. Baden - Powell | 10 |
6. How many psalms are in the Bible?
| a) | 150 | 14 |
| b) | 151 | 10 |
| c) | 125 | 27 |
7. How many black keys does a piano have?
| a) | 40 | 28 |
| b) | 37 | 46 |
| c) | 35 | 49 |
8. What is the name of the capital of Nepal?
| a) | Naples | 68 |
| b) | Kathmandu | 65 |
| c) | Constantinople | 74 |
9. How much is one millimeter on the 1:25,000 map in reality?
| a) | 2,50 m | 8 |
| b) | 25 m | 57 |
| c) | 250 m | 68 |
10. What was the name of the capital city of Israel in 800 BC?
| a) | Samaria | 26 |
| b) | Jerusalem | 62 |
| c) | Jericho | 33 |
11. The largest glacier in Switzerland is called:
| a) | Morteratsch glacier | 10 |
| b) | Rhone glacier | 17 |
| c) | Aletsch glacier | 25 |
12. How many chromosomes does a human being have?
| a) | 56'000'000'000 | 53 |
| b) | approx. 850'000'000 | 49 |
| c) | uncountable | 75 |
13. The radius of the earth measures
| a) | 40'123 km | 20 |
| b) | 12'740 km | 17 |
| c) | 6'370 km | 60 |
14. What is the Wailing Wall?
| a) | Jewish sanctuary in Jerusalem | 73 |
| b) | Sprayed concrete wall in Berlin | 24 |
| c) | Tourist attraction in Egypt | 33 |
15. Does the "man in the moon" ever turn his back on us?
| a) | always | 52 |
| b) | never | 34 |
| c) | now and then | 19 |
16. What was the name of the wife of the Soviet president in 1989?
| a) | Raissa Gorbacheva | 9 |
| b) | Raissa Gorbachev | 30 |
| c) | Raissa Gorbachevia | 67 |
17. When is the earth closest to the sun?
| a) | in summer | 26 |
| b) | in winter | 39 |
| c) | always the same | 24 |
18. From which plant is saffron extracted?
| a) | Lily | 9 |
| b) | Saffron rice | 68 |
| c) | Crocus | 64 |
19. What does the word "hypothesis" mean?
| a) | the third teeth | 48 |
| b) | Assertion | 31 |
| c) | longest side in right triangle | 66 |
20. How many petals does a tulip have?
| a) | 4 | 43 |
| b) | 5 | 36 |
| c) | 6 | 61 |
21. What is a terebinth?
| a) | a vessel | 22 |
| b) | an animal | 29 |
| c) | a tree | 30 |
22. In which two countries is Lake Titicaca located?
| a) | Brazil / Paraguay | 63 |
| b) | Mali / Guinea | 67 |
| c) | Peru / Bolivia | 70 |
23. How long did it take to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem under the leadership of Nehemiah?
| a) | 52 days | 70 |
| b) | 152 days | 59 |
| c) | 304 days | 66 |
24. How many variations are there of placing five cards next to each other in a row?
| a) | 25 | 36 |
| b) | 120 | 51 |
| c) | over 120 | 43 |
25. Why is this post run organized?
| a) | Why not | 59 |
| b) | Because we could not think of anything better | 71 |
| c) | Just because | 38 |
| d) | For general public amusement | 29 |
| e) | As mental / physical training | 52 |
| f) | Because it's fun! | 41 |
26. How do you spell the word correctly (according to old spelling)?
| a) | Rytmus | 51 |
| b) | Rhythm | 25 |
| c) | Rhythm | 20 |
27. How many letters contained in the Bible did Paul write?
| a) | 3 | 37 |
| b) | 7 | 14 |
| c) | 13 | 43 |
28. What were the names of the three sons of Adam?
| a) | Cain, Abel, Zebulun | 48 |
| b) | Cain, Abel, Seth | 53 |
| c) | Cain, Abel, Shem | 67 |
29. What is the oldest Christian holiday?
| a) | Easter | 63 |
| b) | Christmas | 73 |
| c) | Ascension | 17 |
30. How many people survived the Flood?
| a) | 12 | 44 |
| b) | 8 | 50 |
| c) | 4 | 66 |
31. How many verses does the longest psalm have?
| a) | 205 | 35 |
| b) | 176 | 50 |
| c) | 194 | 74 |
32. How old was Jesus in 10 AD?
| a) | 17 years | 47 |
| b) | 10 years | 44 |
| c) | 12 years | 39 |
33. One may stop giving artificial respiration to an unconscious person if.
| a) | the unconscious person does not breathe on his own after half an hour | 73 |
| b) | you can no longer feel a pulse | 43 |
| c) | the patient is breathing on his own again | 26 |
34. How long can a person live without oxygen?
| a) | 3 min. | 50 |
| b) | 8 min. | 13 |
| c) | 15 min. | 60 |
35. The Pool of Bethesda, where Jesus healed a sick man on the Sabbath, is located in
| a) | Jericho | 47 |
| b) | Jerusalem | 48 |
| c) | Capernaum | 61 |
36. Who anointed Jesus' feet with genuine, precious ointment of nard?
| a) | Martha | 37 |
| b) | Mary | 10 |
| c) | Elisabeth | 14 |
37. Where was Paul born?
| a) | Issus | 14 |
| b) | Tarsus | 24 |
| c) | Salamis | 62 |
38. What is the name of the height difference between the altitude curves?
| a) | Aqueduct | 20 |
| b) | Equidistance | 42 |
| c) | Equator | 51 |
39. Where did the last (4th) journey of the apostle Paul lead to?
| a) | Athens | 11 |
| b) | Corinth | 33 |
| c) | Rome | 59 |
40. Which pass leads from Graubünden to Ticino?
| a) | San Bernardino | 72 |
| b) | St. Gotthard | 8 |
| c) | Lukmanier | 75 |
41. How many books does the bible have?
| a) | 57 | 39 |
| b) | 66 | 13 |
| c) | 62 | 61 |
42. What was the name of Moses' brother?
| a) | Aaron | 22 |
| b) | Hur | 29 |
| c) | Joshua | 71 |
43. What was the name of the brother of Mary + Martha from Bethany?
| a) | Nicodemus | 36 |
| b) | Zacchaeus | 33 |
| c) | Lazarus | 51 |
44. In which language was the NT originally written?
| a) | Greek | 67 |
| b) | Latin | 71 |
| c) | Hebrew | 39 |
45. Who wrote the 23rd Psalm?
| a) | Solomon | 41 |
| b) | Jeremiah | 39 |
| c) | David | 47 |
46. Where was John F. Kennedy shot?
| a) | Dallas | 49 |
| b) | New York | 48 |
| c) | San Francisco | 74 |
47. How many animals did Noah take into the ark?
| a) | As many as went in | 29 |
| b) | one pair of each | 60 |
| c) | all useful | 44 |
48. Which is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps?
| a) | Finsteraarhorn | 15 |
| b) | Monk | 38 |
| c) | Schreckhorn | 66 |
49. How many liters of milk are needed to produce a 90 kg Emmenthaler cheese?
| a) | 750 L | 48 |
| b) | 1'000 L | 40 |
| c) | 1'250 L | 68 |
50. What do you think, did you answer the previous question correctly?
| a) | could be | 16 |
| b) | no idea | 8 |
| c) | for sure yes | 68 |
| d) | no | 28 |
| e) | hopefully | 46 |
| f) | hardly think | 54 |
51. Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
| a) | a magician | 10 |
| b) | an Egyptian pharaoh | 37 |
| c) | a Babylonian king | 11 |
52. From whom does the following quote originate: "Music is often perceived as disturbing, especially since it is associated with noise"?
| a) | Willi Ritschard | 61 |
| b) | Christian Morgenstern | 39 |
| c) | Wilhelm Busch | 63 |
53. Jesus asked the woman from Samaria for
| a) | Water | 49 |
| b) | Bread | 57 |
| c) | Fruits | 68 |
54. Who should be contacted in case of poisoning?
| a) | Ciba - Geigy | 35 |
| b) | Toxicological Institute | 7 |
| c) | Nearest hospital | 19 |
55. What is the name of the pass that leads from Tiefenkastel to Silvaplana?
| a) | Julier | 43 |
| b) | Albula | 14 |
| c) | Flüela | 24 |
56. How long does a year last?
| a) | 365 days | 57 |
| b) | 365 days 6 hrs | 69 |
| c) | 365 days 5 hrs 56 min. 24 sec. | 75 |
57. What is a polonaise?
| a) | A sauce | 18 |
| b) | senseless accumulation of letters | 64 |
| c) | a dance game | 12 |
58. What are muses?
| a) | Goddesses | 40 |
| b) | Exhibition | 46 |
| c) | Puree machines | 7 |
59. What are nymphs?
| a) | Vascular systems in humans | 17 |
| b) | Goddesses of nature | 32 |
| c) | Figures on the bow of a sailing ship | 33 |
60. Which spelling is correct?
| a) | Mildew | 21 |
| b) | Meltau | 19 |
61. What was the name of the first Christian martyr?
| a) | Philipus | 62 |
| b) | Stephen | 25 |
| c) | Paul | 33 |
62. Who was Homer?
| a) | a Greek navigator | 14 |
| b) | Author of the Odyssey | 33 |
| c) | an Egyptian pharaoh | 26 |
63. What is Popocatépetl?
| a) | a mountain | 23 |
| b) | a river | 38 |
| c) | an African dish | 71 |
64. What is brass made of?
| a) | Copper + iron | 53 |
| b) | Copper + Zinc | 12 |
| c) | Brass is a pure metal | 28 |
65. What is the name of the capital of Australia?
| a) | Sydney | 28 |
| b) | Melbourne | 16 |
| c) | Canberra | 57 |
66. In which country is the city of Dar es Salaam located?
| a) | Tanzania | 35 |
| b) | Liberia | 29 |
| c) | Saudi Arabia | 52 |
67. What is the name of the capital of Mauritius?
| a) | Maurs | 38 |
| b) | Port Louis | 74 |
| c) | Male | 41 |
68. Which is the longest river in the world?
| a) | Amazon | 65 |
| b) | Nile | 35 |
| c) | Mississippi | 50 |
69. How many suras does the Koran have?
| a) | 63 | 54 |
| b) | 99 | 28 |
| c) | 114 | 58 |
70. Which is true?
| a) | We are sure we have come to 70 on the right road and are now going to | 35 |
| b) | We suspect that we came to 70 the wrong way and are now going to | 19 |
71. What does "the die is cast" mean in Latin?
| a) | Errare humanum est | 17 |
| b) | Alea jacta est | 45 |
| c) | Quod erat demonstrandum | 26 |
72. How many disciples did Jesus take to pray in the Garden of Gethsemane?
| a) | 3 | 56 |
| b) | none | 58 |
| c) | 7 | 65 |
73. Which is the shortest psalm?
| a) | 52 | 36 |
| b) | 117 | 20 |
| c) | 127 | 55 |
74. What is acetyl salicylic acid?
| a) | Component of wine | 13 |
| b) | chemical name for acetic acid | 52 |
| c) | chemical name for aspirin | 21 |
75. On which journey did the apostle Paul visit the island of Cyprus?
| a) | 1. Journey | 76 |
| b) | 2. Journey | 57 |
| c) | 3. Trip | 72 |
76. GOAL - Report to the game master
Material
- Item sheets
- Cube
- Adhesive tape
- Tear nails
- Scheme plan of the posts (in the forest)
- Question + answer sheets
Source reference
Cover picture: Cour tesy ofwww.spielboerse.ch - Spielideen für die Jungschar!
Game idea: Cour tesy ofwww.spielboerse.ch - Spielideen für die Jungschar!
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