US20060038346A1

US20060038346A1 - Golf trivia game

Info

Publication number: US20060038346A1
Application number: US11/122,917
Authority: US
Inventors: Douglas Fredrikson; Paul Vecchia
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2004-05-04
Filing date: 2005-05-04
Publication date: 2006-02-23
Also published as: US20080036146A1

Abstract

A sport trivia game which includes a set of playing cards each having a plurality of sports related questions and answers that are color coded according to level of difficulty, a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the sports related questions for determining scoring, a score card for keeping track of scoring, and a housing for retaining the playing cards, scoring strategy guide, and score card. When the sport is golf, the scoring strategy guide is based on the difficulty of golf related questions which determine strokes taken and the lowest number of total strokes wins.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit and priority of U.S. provisional patent application having Ser. No. 60/567,927 filed May 4, 2004 which is herein incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to a sports trivia game which includes a set of playing cards having a plurality of sports related questions and answers that are color coded by level of difficulty, a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the sports related questions for determining scoring, at least one score card for keeping track of the scoring, and a housing for retaining the set of playing cards, the scoring strategy guide, and the score cards. One particular embodiment of the present invention relates to a golf trivia game where the set of playing cards includes a range of golf related questions and answers and the scoring strategy guide is based in the difficulty of the golf related questions for determining strokes taken where the lowest number of strokes wins the game.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to a sports trivia game having a set of playing cards where each playing card includes several sports related questions and answers that are color coded by level of difficulty, a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the sports related questions for determining scoring, at least one score card for keeping track of the scoring, and a housing or holder for retaining the set of playing cards, the scoring strategy guide, and the score cards. It is anticipated that any sport may be used to create a sports trivia game in accordance with the present invention including, but not limited to NASCAR racing, football, and golf.
One exemplary embodiment of the invention is directed to a golf trivia game having a housing for retaining a set of playing cards and score cards where each of the playing cards includes a range of golf related questions and a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the golf related questions for determining strokes taken where the lowest number of strokes wins the game.
Each of the golf trivia playing cards may also include answers to the golf related questions. The golf related questions and answers may be color coded according to level of difficulty. Different color tees may also be retained within the housing which correspond to the different levels of difficulty for the golf related questions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a golf trivia game in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side planar view of the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front planar view of the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a top plan view of the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a template for the playing cards of the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is an exemplary embodiment of a playing card in the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 8 is a scoring strategy guide in the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 9 is a blank score card in the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 10 is a card outlining the rules in the golf trivia game shown in FIG. 1.

Claims

1. A golf trivia game comprising:

a housing for retaining a set of playing cards and score cards wherein each of the playing cards includes a range of golf related questions; and

a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the golf related questions for determining strokes taken where lowest number of strokes wins the game.

2. The golf trivia game of claim 1 wherein each of the playing cards also include answers to the golf related questions.

3. The golf trivia game of claim 2 wherein the set of playing cards comprises at least 144 playing cards with a total of at least 2,016 questions and answers.

4. The golf trivia game of claim 3 further comprising at least 3 tees retained within the housing.

5. The golf trivia game of claim 4 wherein each of the at least 3 tees are a different color.

6. The golf trivia game of claim 5 wherein the golf related questions and answers are color coded to designate three levels of difficulty of the golf related questions.

7. The golf trivia game of claim 6 wherein the color of the 3 tees correspond to the color coded levels of difficulty.

8. The golf trivia game of claim 1 further comprising a set of rules secured to the housing.

9. The golf trivia game of claim 1 further comprising at least one pencil and eraser retained within the housing.

10. A sports trivia game comprising:

a set of playing cards wherein each playing card includes a plurality of sports related questions and answers that are color coded by level of difficulty;

a scoring strategy guide based on difficulty of the sports related questions for determining scoring;

at least one score card for keeping track of the scoring; and

a housing for retaining the set of playing cards, the scoring strategy guide, and the at least one score card.