Video Transcript for Buzz
presented by Mark Collard
It is going to start with one person just saying a number, and we’ll go in a clockwise direction.
I’ll say one and you’ll say two, three. As we go through the count we are going to as high as we possibly can. If you can get beyond fifty you will be in the upper echelon of groups I’ve ever worked with.
That is, we are going to keep counting all the way through the numbers as far past fifty. Means it is going to keep going around and around and around, but this is the kicker, it doesn’t come that easy, any time you come across the number of seven, either the number seven or any number involving seven or multiples of seven.
(Discussion)
So let me cover that again.
Anytime the word seven is used, the number seven is used or multiples of seven. Now you can take your time, but if we have to sit for ten minutes and bring out the iPads to work it out it’s going a little too slow.
So for every time we make an error it will be really clear to you because everyone will point and laugh at you. No, we are not going to do that. It will just be the fun of the moment.
Then we just start to the next person on the left from one again. We just do this several times until we get as far as we can. Everybody ready?
(What happens when we get to seven?) Good question.
So when you get to that seven there is one very vital point missing. You say the word BUZZ.
So for example one, two three, four, five, six, buzz, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, buzz, fifteen, sixteen, buzz, and off we go.
Alright so we have given you the first three after that is gets a little heavier.
(Do we keep going in the same direction?)
Yup, goes in the same direction every time.
Are you ready?
(No)
That’s right, if you are being honest with me you’d say no.
Anytime that the number seven is used anywhere in the number or a multiple of seven is involved in the number say the word BUZZ, and then it goes onto the next person as if the count was continuing and you had used it.
Alright Megan would you like to start? You start with the one, it is a very simple start.
(one, two three, four, five, six, buzz, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, buzz, fifteen, sixteen, buzz, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, buzz, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven. No!)
(Laughing)
Alright so we start from here now.
(One, two three, four, five, six, buzz, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, buzz, fifteen, sixteen, buzz, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, buzz, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, buzz, buzz, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, buzz. No.)
(Laughing)
This is one of those games you either love or hate. I happen to get a kick out of it.
Form a circle, either standing or sitting. Explain that your group’s task is to count from 1 up to 100, one number per person at a time. However, there is a catch…
To begin, one person will say “ONE” and then the person to their left says “TWO” and so on. In response to a number of curious do-you-think-we-are-stupid looks, now explain that for every number that has the digit ‘7’ in it, or is a multiple of seven, the player whose turn is next must substitute the numeral with the word “BUZZ.”
So, for example, it may sound like this:
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, BUZZ, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, BUZZ, 15, 16, BUZZ, 18, 19, …”
Get the idea?
An old drinking game I’m sure, but alcohol need not wet your lips, because you are sure to intoxicate your group with a dose of intense focus and explosive outbursts of laughter that is rarely ever seen.
The idea is, every time a mistake is made in the math, the counting stops, and the group starts over from zero. You are well advised not to start from the same spot each time, instead, asking the person to the left of the one who made the mistake to start.
Work it for five to ten minutes and see how far your group can get before an error occurs.
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