It has a time limit. Answers can only be yes, no, etc--No fair asking: "What do you want to be?" etc. For more experienced classes (not mine) a rule could be added that any questions asked incorrectly don't get an answer.

Since many might have chosen the same professional aspiration, they need to keep asking until they line up all 3 questions with the right respondent.

[After the game...]

The "4 Questions" game went well. Here's my advice for others:

• It's really a "1 question" game, or a "What do you want to be when you grow up" game. Nobody used the other 2 questions, except when they were asking someone who wanted to be a teacher, and there were 4 others who also wanted to be teachers. In that case, they went on to ask, "How do you want the world to change?"
• Hand out their own paper to each student before the game starts. Two of my students had forgotten what they had written. (Career aspirations aren't very stable at young ages--sometimes never.)
• Have a few "write in" blanks handy. A few students hadn't done the assignment, and were bummed that their responses weren't included in the game.

The game was a big hit. I recommend it.

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