Movie game

A movie game method comprising the steps of:

• providing a score pad including a plurality of sheets of paper each with an elongated top edge, an elongated bottom edge and a pair of short edges, the top edges of the sheets being attached via a spine, the score pad further including a planar rectangular block having a lower side corner being hingably coupled to an end of a top edge of the spine for pivoting within a plane in which the score pad resides;
• providing a pencil with an elongated shaft having a first end being sharpened and a second end equipped with an eraser representative of a kernel of popped popcorn;
• providing a timer including an hourglass for indicating the cessation of a predetermined amount of time;
• providing a box including a bottom portion including a planar rectangular bottom face and peripheral side wall coupled to a periphery of the bottom face and extending upwardly therefrom, the box further including a top face with a peripheral side wall coupled to the top face and depending therefrom for removably receiving the side wall of the bottom portion;
• providing a first stack of a plurality of playing cards each having a planar rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom face, and a periphery formed therebetween, each of the playing cards of the first stack including a top face with a name and a pictorial representation of an actor thereon and a bottom face with a list of movies thereon in which the actor appeared;
• providing a second stack of a plurality of tie-breaking cards each having a planar rectangular configuration with a top face, a bottom Face, and a periphery formed therebetween, each of the tie-breaking cards of the second stack including a top face with a name and a pictorial representation of an actor thereon and a bottom face with a list of movies thereon for which the actor received or was nominated for an award;
• designating a person as a scorekeeper;
• designating a person to operate the timer;
• playing a predetermined number of rounds, wherein each round includes the steps of:
• picking one or the playing cards from the first stack, identifying verbally the name of the actor on the top face of the picked playing card,
• taking turns between a plurality of players in sequential order, each turn including the act of correctly guessing a single one of the movies on the bottom face of the picked playing card such that a wrong guess renders the current player out and further such that a correct guess affords the current player a point, wherein the current player is rendered out if a correct guess is not given before the cessation of the predetermined amount of time after the playing card is picked,
• continuing taking turns until each of the players is rendered out or each of the movies on the bottom face of the picked playing card are guessed, and
• breaking a tie between a pair of players by each of the players simultaneously picking one of the tie-breaking cards from the second stack and identifying verbally the name of the actor on the top face of the picked tie-breaking card whereafter the player who correctly guesses the greatest amount of movies on the bottom face of the tie-breaking card picked by the opposing player wins the round;
• recording the number of points afforded each player on the score pad after each round, and
• declaring a winner as being the player who is afforded the most points in the predetermined number of rounds.