Friday, October 12, 2007

30 books of the Bible

Items needed:
Copy and Paste the text below in Microsoft Word (the paragrapth size should be size 14 and in 'verdana' font)


Can you find thirty (30) books of the Bible in the paragraph, below? Actually there are thirty-one (31) Bible names, one is a variant of an Old Testament prophet.


“This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That’s a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or a scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in the paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, “The books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight.” Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus; there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found. God Bless.”


How to play:
Every single player will get a piece of this paragraph story each.
They got to highlight or underline the books they have found in it within a time limit of 3-5 mins.

Winner is the person who got the most books of the Bible in the paragraph.

Contributed by: M!ng We!

1 comment:

Games4Christ said...

you can find the answers on this link http://www.bible.org.sg/what/bbquizans.htm

Cheers,
Lisa

Hihi, welcome to Games4Christ. =) Sounds familiar..then you must know Guitar4Christ. Well, not from the same people but the concept and rationale is probably the same. We wld like to share all the games that came from our Creative Juices or those that we found wld be fun to play and strenghthen the bonds of the people playing. Enjoy! =)