Apparatus for playing a game

Apparatus for playing a game comprising a plurality of playing pieces, a board marked in a particular manner and a plurality of question cards, the playing pieces being movable in accordance with specified rules;

• wherein:
• a playing path is defined on the board along which the playing pieces are moved during the game;
• the playing path comprises a plurality of segments defining locations for the playing pieces during a game, the segments being of a plurality of different identifiable types;
• the questions cards are divided into a plurality of different categories, the number of categories of question cards matching the number of types of segments;
• the rules specify that when a playing piece is placed on a segment a player must answer a question from a question card of a category determined by the type of segment;
• the playing path is divided into at least three levels, the rules specifying that the playing pieces must start on a first level and then move through at least one intermediate level to an ultimate level;
• the levels of the slaying path are each of a different length in terms of the number of segments in the level, the first level being of the longest length, the ultimate level being of the shortest length, and the intermediate levels decreasing in length;
• the rules specify that to move a playing piece from a first level to a second level nearer to the ultimate level or from a penultimate intermediate level to the ultimate level, a player must answer correctly a question read from a question card;
• the board is a triangle with the first level extending across a base of the triangle and the ultimate level being located at an apex of the triangle;
• at the ends of each of the first and intermediate levels on the playing path there is provided a hexagonal arrangement of triangular segments representing all the types of segments;
• and
• the rules specify that a playing piece reaching the end of the first or an intermediate level must be placed on any one of the triangular segments in the hexagonal arrangement, selected by the player, and the player must answer a question from a question card of a category determined by the type of segment, and if the player incorrectly answers the question, the playing piece must be moved in a consistent direction from that triangular segment in the hexagonal arrangement to a neighboring triangular segment with each turn of play of a player until the player correctly answers a question, at which point the player can move the playing piece to a level nearer the ultimate level, or from a penultimate intermediate level to the ultimate level.