A method of using a geographic and trivia puzzle system that comprises a puzzle having a shape that conforms to a particular geographic region;
- a plurality of county puzzle pieces wherein each piece of the plurality of county puzzle pieces has a shape corresponding to the geographical shape of one county from a plurality of counties that form part of the particular geographic region;
- at least one chance element having one or more faces, wherein each face of the at least one chance element includes an indicia that represents a category of people, things or places from the geographic region;
- one or more miniature figures, wherein each of the miniature figures fall into one of the categories of people, things or places;
- one or more cards having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of each card includes an image corresponding to a historical figure born in one of the counties of the particular geographic region and the second side of the one or more cards includes a brief description of the life of the historical figure depicted on the first side of each card;
- and wherein at least one edge of each of the county puzzle pieces includes attaching means for securing the county puzzle pieces to each other, the method comprising the steps of:
- step 1:
- identifying one or more cardinal points on a surface, wherein the cardinal points correspond to a north, a south, an east and a west;
- step 2:
- selecting one or more county puzzle pieces from the plurality of county puzzle pieces;
- step 3:
- identifying cardinal points on a surface;
- step 4:
- rearranging the selected county puzzle pieces on the surface, taking into account the cardinal points, until the puzzle having the shape that conforms to the particular geographic region is complete or until the selected county puzzle piece is incorrectly placed in the puzzle;
- step 5:
- awarding a point to a user of the geographic and trivia puzzle system for each county puzzle piece correctly placed in the puzzle;
- step 6:
- wherein upon the selected county puzzle piece being incorrectly placed in the puzzle, allowing another user to perform steps 2 to 4;
- step 7:
- awarding a point to the other user for each county puzzle piece correctly placed in the puzzle;
- step 8:
- wherein upon the county puzzle piece selected by the other user being incorrectly placed, allowing the user to continue performing steps 2 to 4;
- step 9:
- wherein upon completion of the puzzle:
- tossing the at least one chance to determine which face of the at least one chance element faces upwards;
- wherein if the face of the chance element that faces upwards corresponds to a place or thing, selecting one miniature figure from the plurality of miniature figures that corresponds to the category of the place or thing that appears on the face of the chance element that faces upwards;
- placing the selected miniature figure on top of the county puzzle piece corresponding to the county the particular place or thing belongs to until all miniature figures in the particular category have been selected;
- wherein if the face of the chance element that faces upward corresponds to a person, selecting one card from the plurality of cards depicting historical figures or persons from the counties that constitute the particular geographical region;
- identifying on the puzzle the county in which the historical figure or person depicted in the selected card was born;
- placing the selected card on a stack of used cards once the historical figure or person on the card has been identified;
- awarding a point to the user for each correct identification of the historical figure or person on the card or for each correct placement of the miniature figure;
- keeping track of the awarded points;
- allowing the other user to perform the process in step 9 once the user finishes placing one of the miniature figures on top of the county puzzle piece corresponding to the county the particular place or thing belongs to or identifying on the puzzle the county in which the historical figure or person depicted in the selected card was born;
- and
- repeating the process in step 9 until all cards have been selected.