Speaking Activities for the Classroom - NoblePath

Black Magic Game
For this game, you need at least three people interacting, standing at the
front of the room, but there can be any number of persons present in the
audience who will be tricked by the three players. The first player whispers
the name of an object or thing in the room into the ear of the second, so
both the first and second players know what the thing is, for example, clock.
The third person, however, does not yet know the name of the object that
the first one has whispered and must guess, saying yes/no as the second
person points to various objects and asks,
“Is it the door?” no
pencil no
box no
ruler no
my ring no
the picture no
my hair no
the clock? yes!
Now, go through the same sequence again, but this time blindfolding the
third player and getting someone from the audience to silently point out
another thing or object in the room, for example, window as the object to be
guessed:
“Is it the chair?’ no
the desk no
the pen no
the letter no
the book no
the dustbin no
my glass no
my shirt no
the poster no
my eyes no
the window? yes!
Now, as the audience may observe, the third player will always guess the
unknown object correctly. This is because of a secret signal between the second
and third players. Can you guess how they do it? Look at the page again for
clues, particularly at the title. The clue is the color black because the correct
answer is always the next object that comes after something black such as
the hair or eyes of person number two. This is why it is called black magic.
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