Conversation Gambits - Eric Keller, Sylvia T Warner 1988

53. I haven’t a Clue!
3. Responding Gambits

Divide the class into two teams One student asks the questions another keeps the score Each team scores 1 point for a correct answer and two points if a team member uses one of the phrases from the list — admitting that they don't know the answer

Here are 20 questions The teams may also spend 15 minutes preparing questions for each other.

Quiz

1. What was the name of the first man on the moon?

2. What exactly were his first words?

3. What year did Man land on the moon?

4. What’s the longest river in the world?

5. What country is it in?

6. What is the capital city of Switzerland?

7. Where were the 1980 summer Olympic Games held?

8. How many are there in a dozen?

9. How many are there in a baker's dozen?

10. How many Beatles were there?

11. Where was Elvis Presley born?

12. How many volumes are there in the Encyclopedia Britannica?

13. How far away is the sun?

14. At what speed does Concorde fly?

15. Who invented basketball?

16. What is the weight of a golfball?

17. When did Queen Victoria die?

18. How many bees are there in a normal beehive?

19. What do we call a large group of sheep?

20. What is the population of France to the nearest million?

I’m afraid I don’t know.

I’m sorry I don’t know.

I haven’t a clue.

I couldn’t tell you.

I’m not sure.

Oh, it’s slipped my mind.

I’ve forgotten.

It’s no good, I can’t remember.