The maze 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 get on a wrong track, from which you come back sooner or later to the correct post path.
The rules of the game
The maze is a kind of post run with 75 posts. The correct solution of a post always results in the next post to be run. If you choose the wrong solution you get on a wrong track, from which you come sooner or later back to the correct post path.
It is played in groups of 2 to 3. Each group rolls its starting post (1 to 6). The answer to a question leads the group to the next post.
Possible scoring: primarily count the number of posts run to the finish. In case of a tie, the running time decides. However, the post run can also be played well without evaluation.
| Game outdoors (forest): | The post sheets are posted according to the scheme (see below). Correct answer = forward wrong answer = backward |
| Play in or around the house: | The post sheets are hung wildly and must be searched each time. Do not hang last post (#75) until the first group is close to the finish. Do not tell how many posts it has 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 post sheets
(Correct answers are underlined)
IMPORTANT: If other questions are used, be sure to include the correct number of the following item 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?
| a) | Sophie Tauber-Arp | 36 |
| b) | Lake Murten | 37 |
| c) | Lake Biel | 27 |
3. What is the name of the person pictured 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 scouting 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 city of Nepal?
| a) | Naples | 68 |
| b) | Katmandu | 65 |
| c) | Constantinople | 74 |
9. How much is a 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 biggest glacier in Switzerland is called:
| a) | Morteratsch glacier | 10 |
| b) | Rhone glacier | 17 |
| c) | Aletschgletscher | 25 |
12. How many chromosomes does a human have?
| a) | 56'000'000'000 | 53 |
| b) | approx. 850'000'000 | 49 |
| c) | uncountable | 75 |
13. Earth radius 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) | from time to time | 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 equal | 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 to put five cards side by side in a row?
| a) | 25 | 36 |
| b) | 120 | 51 |
| c) | over 120 | 43 |
25. Why is this post run?
| a) | Why not | 59 |
| b) | For lack of anything better we could think of | 71 |
| c) | Just like that | 38 |
| d) | For the general amusement of the people | 29 |
| e) | As mental/physical training | 52 |
| f) | Because it's fun! | 41 |
26. How to spell the word correctly (according to old spelling)?
| a) | Rythm | 51 |
| b) | Rhythm | 25 |
| c) | Rythm | 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 |
29th Which is the oldest Christian holiday?
| a) | Easter | 63 |
| b) | Christmas | 73 |
| c) | Drive-up | 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 when
| a) | the unconscious person does not breathe again by himself after half an hour | 73 |
| b) | you can no longer feel a pulse | 43 |
| c) | the ventilated person is breathing independently again | 26 |
34. How long can a human 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 in
| a) | Jericho | 47 |
| b) | Jerusalem | 48 |
| c) | capernaum | 61 |
36.Who anointed Jesus' feet with real, precious ointment of nard?
| a) | Martha | 37 |
| b) | Maria | 10 |
| c) | Elizabeth | 14 |
37. Where was Paul born?
| a) | ssus | 14 |
| b) | Tarsus | 24 |
| c) | Salamis | 62 |
38. What is the name of the elevation difference between the elevation curves?
| a) | Aqueduct | 20 |
| b) | equidistance | 42 |
| c) | equator | 51 |
39. Where did the last (4th) journey of the apostle Paul lead?
| a) | Athens | 11 |
| b) | Corinth | 33 |
| c) | Rome | 59 |
40. Which pass leads from the Grisons to the 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) | Zachaeus | 33 |
| c) | Lazarus | 51 |
44. In which language was the NT originally written?
| a) | Greek | 67 |
| b) | Latin | 71 |
| c) | Hebrew | 39 |
45th Who wrote the 23rd Psalm?
| a) | Salomo | 41 |
| b) | Jeremiah | 39 |
| c) | David | 47 |
46th 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) | How many went in | 29 |
| b) | of all a pair | 60 |
| c) | all useful | 44 |
48. Which is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps?
| a) | Finsteraarhorn | 15 |
| b) | monk | 38 |
| c) | Scared horn | 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) | barely | 54 |
51. Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
| a) | a mage | 10 |
| b) | an Egyptian pharaoh | 37 |
| c) | a Babylonian king | 11 |
52. From whom is the following quote: "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 to
| a) | Water | 49 |
| b) | bread | 57 |
| c) | Fruits | 68 |
54. Who to contact in case of poisoning?
| a) | Ciba - Geigy | 35 |
| b) | Toxicology Institute | 7 |
| c) | Next 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 is a year?
| a) | 365 days | 57 |
| b) | 365 days 6 hrs | 69 |
| c) | 365 days 5 hr. 56 min. 24 sec. | 75 |
57. What is a polonaise?
| a) | A sauce | 18 |
| b) | nonsensical accumulation of letters | 64 |
| c) | a dance game | 12 |
58. What are muses?
| a) | Goddesses | 40 |
| b) | Exhibition | 46 |
| c) | Pureeing 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 martyr of the Christians?
| a) | Philipus | 62 |
| b) | Stephanus | 25 |
| c) | Paulus | 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?
| 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 Quran have?
| a) | 63 | 54 |
| b) | 99 | 28 |
| c) | 114 | 58 |
70th Which is true?
| a) | We are sure we have come to 70 on the right path and now we are going to | 35 |
| b) | We suspect we came the wrong way to 70 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 with him 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 the 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) | 1st trip | 76 |
| b) | 2nd trip | 57 |
| c) | 3rd trip | 72 |
76th GOAL - Report to the game master
Material
- Item sheets
- Cubes
- Tape
- Tear nails
- Schedule of posts (in the forest)
- Question + answer sheets
Source reference
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