Cheese or Font
The leader reads out a name and the group decides whether it is a cheese or a font. Hands on head for cheese, hands on hips for font.
- Players
- 5–100
- Ages
- 11+
- Time
- 10 min
- Prep
- Low
- Equipment
- None
What to bring
- Laptop (to run the slideshow, optional)
- Projector (or a large screen, optional)
Before the session
- Write a list of 10-15 names, mixing obvious ones with tricky ones
- Optionally build a slideshow with the name on one slide and the answer on the next, either a photo of the cheese or the word set in the font
How to play
Read out one name at a time and have everyone commit to an answer: hands on head for cheese, hands on hips for font. Reveal the answer and anyone who got it wrong sits down, or play purely for laughs with no eliminations. Cheeses that sound like fonts: Havarti, Taleggio, Asiago, Comté, Provolone, Tilsit, Jarlsberg, Wensleydale. Fonts that sound like cheeses: Bodoni, Corbel, Candara, Perpetua, Frutiger, Caslon, Optima, Palatino.
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