Bridal Shower Jeopardy Game
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Now that it’s May, if you’re a twenty- or thirty-something you’re probably finding yourself in the middle of Bridal Shower season. If you’re in the bridal party, you may even be responsible for planning one of these bridal showers. In this post I’ll talk about three low-key, interactive games that you can play with your attendees in-person or virtually.
Now, I’m going to admit right off the bat that Jeopardy is a game where you’re supposed to answer in the form of a question, but that seems a little bit too open-ended (with too much possibility of embarrassment for the guest of honor) for a bridal shower. I mean, can you imagine? Let’s pretend that the answer was 17. What is the number of miles they live apart from each other? What is the number of people she dated before she found the one? What is the day of the month they went on their first date? What is the number of lingerie items in her closet? The list is endless.
So today I’m going to tell you how to play (and build) my version of the Bridal Shower Jeopardy Question Game.
How to Play the Bridal Shower Jeopardy Question Game
Divide the room into three teams
Give each team a buzzer (there’s literally an app for that)
Pull up the Jeopardy board
Decide which team goes first
Make sure someone is keeping score (for more details, keep reading)
The winning team gets a prize.
How to Setup for the Bridal Shower Jeopardy Question Game
Create and Customize the Board
For your ease, I’ve created a board that you can use, you can download it using the form below. There are instructions and tips at the front to help you edit the deck to make it useful for your specific occasion. If you would like to do it from scratch and/or customize it differently, here are some things to consider:
Choose your categories. For the board I created, I went with Person 1, Person 2, Dating, Wedding, and Future, just to keep things simple. You may want to add other categories such as: Hobbies, Vacations, Likes & Dislikes, Day in the Life, He Said / She Said, Favorite Movies, or Biggest Secrets. The possibilities are endless.
Choose a variety of questions. Remember that you’re going to have all sorts of guests at this shower, so don’t get too raunchy unless that’s the type of crowd you have. Also, make sure there are some in there for people who may not know the guest of honor super well. This will help people continue feel connected to the event.
Make sure the questions get harder as you go down the columns. The point values go up, so the questions should definitely be getting harder.
The way to make the board work in PowerPoint is to use hyperlinks between slides (which only work in presentation mode). Make sure the color of the hyperlinks is different from the color of the visited hyperlinks as that will show you during the game which tiles have not been clicked yet.
Get the answers to the questions ahead of time
Similar to the bridal shower question card game, this is something where if you’re hosting the event, you want to make sure that you know the answers before the party begins, especially if there are questions that you are going to need answered from someone who will not be in attendance at the shower.
Decide if there’s going to be a Daily Double
There are a few ways you can make this game a bit more intense (there are bonus ideas below!), but if you decide that you want to do a Daily Double, you’ll need to know ahead of time which tile is going to trigger it.
Choose a game host
The party host is probably the game host, but if that’s not the case or you want to have co-hosts make sure everyone is in-the-know before the event starts. It may even be fun to have the Guest of Honor be one of the co-hosts of the event as they already (probably?) know all of the answers.
Bridal Shower Jeopardy Question Game Sample Questions
Person 2
What is Person 2’s full birth name?
What is the name of Person 2’s hometown?
What sport did Person 2 play growing up?
To where was Person 2’s favorite vacation?
what is Person 2’s favorite holiday?
Person 1
What is Person 1’s full birth name?
What is the name of Person 1’s hometown?
What instruments does Person 1 play?
What is Person 1’s favorite city?
When was Person 1’s first kiss?
Wedding
On what date is the wedding?
Where is the wedding?
What are the wedding colors?
What song must the DJ absolutely play (per the couple)?
What will be the first dance song?
Dating
How did Person 1 and Person 2 met?
Where did Person 1 and Person 2 go on their first date?
On what date did Person 1 and Person 2 share their first kiss?
Where did Person 1 and Person 2 go on their first vacation?
How did Person 1 propose to Person 2?
Final Jeopardy Question Options
Name the members of the bridal party.
What will be Person 1’s “something old” on the wedding day?
How did the couple meet the wedding officiant?
What do the couple plan to name their first child?
Ideally, how many children does the couple (currently) want?
Future
Where will the couple honeymoon?
Where will the couple live after the wedding?
What will the couple’s last names be post-wedding?
What is the first big purchase the couple is saving for?
What color will the couple’s kitchen be?
How to Play and Keep Score in Jeopardy
Each team starts with 0 points.
Choose which team is going to go first.
The first team chooses a tile to start with by saying the category and the point value, for example “Dating for 200.” The announcer then reads the question. So long as it’s not the Daily Double question, each team is given the opportunity to push their buzzer. Whichever team pushes the buzzer first is given the opportunity to answer the question first.
If that team answers the question correctly, they get the point value associated with the tile of the correctly answered question (in this example, 200 points) added to their total score. If that team answers the question incorrectly, whichever team clicks their buzzer first is given the opportunity to answer. If they answer correctly, they get the point value associated with the tile of the correctly answered question added to their total score. If the second team answers the question incorrectly, the third and final team is given a chance to answer, with the same opportunities and penalties.
The team that gave the most recent correct answer chooses the next tile until each of the tiles have been “turned over.”
For Daily Double Rules, see the bonus ideas below.
After each tile has been “turned over,” you move to Final Jeopardy. Before you flip to the Final Jeopardy question give each team an opportunity to make their wager. They can wager anywhere from 0 points to the full value of their score. Once each wager has been written on a secret sheet of paper (wagers are kept secret from the other teams until after the question and answers are revealed), the announcer reads the Final Jeopardy question. Each team is given time to deliberate. (This is where the Jeopardy theme song is usually played.) After the time is up, each team is given a chance to read their answer. If the team is correct, you will add their wager to their current score. If the team is incorrect, you will subtract their wager from their current score.
The winner is the team with the most points. (If two teams get the same amount of points, think quickly on your feet and add a Double Final Jeopardy question. I have faith in you.)
Bonus Ideas for Your Bridal Shower Jeopardy Question Game
Daily Double: Before the game starts, make a mental note about which tile is going to be the “Daily Double” tile. If someone clicks on it, play by the Daily Double rules, which means only the team that uncovers the Daily Double can answer the question. The team can set a wager at the beginning of the question, from a minimum of 5 points to the maximum of their entire score, or the highest clue value available in the round, whichever is greater. A correct response adds the value of the wager to their score, and an incorrect response deducts that wager from their score.
Use the Jeopardy Theme Song: After the Final Jeopardy question has been read, play the Jeopardy Theme Song from YouTube. (This version will play for TEN hours.) It will help set the mood. If you can’t figure out how to play it from YouTube just whistle it. Everyone will know what you’re doing, I promise.
Play a Round Two: Jeopardy usually has two rounds, but that might take up too much time for a bridal shower game. If you have a really committed group of people though (or people who love trivia), you could build out a second round of questions.
Buy some prizes: It doesn’t need to be a big prize, but it’s always nice to have some kind of reward for the winners. Even paper crowns. You know, something that helps with those bragging rights.
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