Honor System

IQ 2000

PlayToy Industries

GAME EQUIPMENT

1 gameboard, 1 playing die, 6 playing pieces (spaceships),6 passports.

GAME CARDS

(A) GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARDS: 260 cards: each card has a total of 4 questions and 4 answers.

(B) SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS: 240 cards: each card has a total of 4 questions and 4 answers.

The SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS are divided equally between 6 categories, (as listed below).

Each category has 40 cards.
  Special category subject     Represented by the planet
  Storybooks and Fairytales-----------------------Mars
  Heroes and Villains-----------------------------Jupiter
  Cartoons and T.V.-------------------------------Saturn
  Language Arts-----------------------------------Uranus
  Animals,Animals---------------------------------Neptune
  Game and Sport----------------------------------Pluto

(C) COLLECTOR CARDS: 36 cards: consisting of 6 cards each of the 6 different planets.

TO START THE GAME

  • All players help prepare for the start of the game. Sort all question cards into seven piles, consisting of GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARDS plus 6 SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS.

  • Shuffle the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARDS, divide the stack of GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARDS into two piles and place them on the gameboard (with the questions and answers face-down,) in the spaces marked. Leave the middle space empty. That space is where you will place the cards once they have been used.

  • Take the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS after they have been sorted by the picture of the planet that they represent, and distribute them by category, so that each player has one stack of the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS that he/she will be in charge of. When less than six players are playing the game, you will have to distribute more than one set of SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS per player.

  • Keep the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS in front of you. Shuffle them well and place them face-down.

  • Take the COLLECTOR CARDS and sort them into six piles. Place the sorted piles in the plastic tray. Use a different space in the tray for each different pile of cards. (Note: The COLLECTOR CARDS are easily identified because they do not have any questions and answers printed on them.)

  • Select one player to act as the "Customs Officer". The Customs Officer is responsible for handing out the COLLECTOR CARDS to players who have successfully answered SPECIAL CATEGORY questions.

  • Each player chooses a "Spaceship" (playing piece) and places it on "Planet Earth"

  • Each player is given an "I.Q.2000 PASSPORT".

    The following illustration is an example of a "Question and Answer" Card.

    Fig.1

    We recommend "A+ questions for children age seven to ten years old. We recommend "B" questions for children ten years old and over. Decide in advance of the game which group of questions each player will answer: either "A" or "B". When it is your turn to answer a question, remind the person who will be asking the question which group of questions you have selected; either "A" or "B". You want the game to be fun, so make sure you don’t select a group of questions which may be too easy or too hard to answer.

    On each card you can see that there are two questions in the "A" group as well as two questions in the "B" group. If a card has already been used once in the current game, and this same card has now been drawn for a second time, then the question that has not been asked before is the question that should now be asked.

    You are now ready to begin playing the game. To determine which player will begin the game, each player rolls the die, The player who rolls the lowest number on the die will go first, Once that player begins the game, the next player to begin playing will be the person to the left. Once the second player has moved, the next player to begin playing will be the person to the left of that player, and so on, until all players have begun moving across the gameboard.

    OBJECT OF THE GAME

  • The first player to reach "Planet Quizaar" wins the game.

  • In order for a player to reach "Planet Quizaar" they must begin their travels from "Planet Earth", By answering questions correctly, they travel the universe acquiring COLLECTOR CARDS from each of the six planets.

  • Once a player has collected all six COLLECTOR CARDS they have filled their I.Q.2OOO PASSPORT. Before moving to "Planet Quizaar" the player will have to answer one last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question. Upon answering this last question correctly, the player moves to "Planet Quizaar". That player will have won the game and the game is over.

    FIRST TURN

  • The two most important rules are as follows: When a player is travelling between planets (therefore landing on the coloured triangles) that player is to answer GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions only.

  • When a player lands on a planet (see the rules for LANDING ON PLANETS) that player is to answer SPECIAL CATEGORY questions only. The SPECIAL CATEGORY question to be answered is determined by the planet that the player has landed upon. (Example:If a player lands on the "Planet Mars" then that player must answer a SPECIAL CATEGORY question from questions dealing with Storybooks and Fairytales. If a player lands on the "Planet Uranus" then that player must answer a SPECIAL CATEGORY question from questions dealing with Language Arts.

    TO BEGIN

  • The player who was selected to go first, rolls the die and "takes-off" from the "Planet Earth", moving the same number of spaces as indicated on the die. This player is now enroute to the first planet, which is the "Planet Mars". This player will continue to travel the universe so long as he/she correctly answers questions from the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARDS (while in-between planets) or correctly answers questions from the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS (when landing on a planet).

  • Whenever a player is to be asked a question (it may be a GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question or a SPECIAL CATEGORY question) that player must indicate to the person who is going to ask the question, which group of questions to ask (either "A" or "B"). Remember, before you started the game, you decided which group of questions each player would answer.

  • This game was designed so that players of different ages could all play at the same time. Accordingly, it is quite possible to have younger players answering "A" questions, while during the same game, you may have older players answering "B" questions.

  • The person to the right of the player is always the person who asks the questions when the player is in-between planets. (When a player is in-between planets, that player must answer GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions only.)

  • The person who is asking the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions (again, this is the person to the right of the player) may draw the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARD from either of the two piles of these cards on the gameboard.

  • Once the question has been asked, and an answer given, and it is determined if the player has answered the question correctly or incorrectly, the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE CARD is placed face-down in the centre section reserved for used cards.

  • If the player answers the question correctly, the player is entitled to continue moving throughout the universe, until that player reaches the "Planet Quizaar" and wins the game.

  • If the player does not answer the question correctly, the play moves to the next player on the left.

    LANDING ON A PLANET

  • How does a player land on a planet? A player can land on a planet in two ways. (1) A player lands on a planet when he rolls the die and by moving the exact number of spaces, he lands directly on the planet. (2) A Player lands on a planet when he rolls the die, and the total number of spaces to be moved would take him beyond the planet. In such a case, the player moves to the planet and stops there. (Example: The player is two spaces away from landing on a planet. The player rolls the die and the die shows "five". The player moves the two spaces, therefore, landing on the planet and stops. The player is now ready to answer a SPECIAL CATEGORY question.

  • Since each planet represents a SPECIAL CATEGORY, unique to that planet, the player is now ready to answer a SPECIAL CATEGORY question from the person who is in charge of the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS, which were handed out at the beginning of the game. (Remember that the player must remind the person in charge of the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS, which group of questions to ask (either "A" or "B").)

  • Once the question is asked, it must be determined if the player has answered correctly. The answers to each question are directly below the questions on the cards.

  • If the player’s answer is INCORRECT, the player must then move back (toward the "Planet Earth") seven spaces. This player must then wait until his/her next turn The only exception to this rule is when a player has reached the "Planet Pluto" and is required to answer one last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question. Should the player answer the last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question incorrectly, he/she does NOT move back. The player remains on the "Planet Pluto". The play passes to the player on the left. When the play returns to the player who has landed on "Planet Pluto", he/she must again attempt to answer a GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question correctly.

  • If a player answers a SPECIAL CATEGORY question CORRECTLY, that player collects from the CUSTOMS OFFICER the COLLECTOR CARD of that planet.

  • The player takes the COLLECTOR CARD and places it in the I.Q.2OOO PASSPORT in the spot designated for that particular COLLECTOR CARD. The player is entitled to continue playing until he/she wins the game (by landing on the "Planet Quizaar") or until the player does not answer a question correctly.

  • The person asking the SPECIAL CATEGORY questions places the used card on the bottom of the pile of the SPECIAL CATEGORY cards, once the question has been asked and the player has answered.

    FINISHING THE GAME

  • All players are travelling throughout the universe, answering GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions when in-between planets, and answering SPECIAL CATEGORY questions when visiting planets.

  • When a player correctly answers GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions, that player is entitled to continue travelling to the next planet. When a player lands on a planet, he/she is asked a question from the SPECIAL CATEGORY CARDS. If the player answers the question correctly, that player is permitted to continue travelling toward the "Planet Quizaar".

  • When a player has answered the SPECIAL CATEGORY question of the "Planet Pluto" correctly, that player must then answer one last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question. If the player answers the last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question correctly, the player proceeds from the "Planet Pluto" to the "Planet Quizaar" and is declared the winner. If the player does NOT answer the last GENERAL KNOWLEDGE question correctly, the player remains on the "Planet Pluto' until his next turn and then tries again.

  • The game may end at this point, or, if agreed to by all players before the game was started, the remaining players can continue to play the game until all players have reached the "Planet Quizaar".

    OTHER IDEAS FOR PLAYING THE GAME

    TEAMS: If there are more than six players, set up teams and take turns answering questions. Team members should discuss their answers between themselves and agree upon the answer to be given to the person asking the question.

    TIME ALLOWED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS: Every player should be allowed a reasonable amount of time to answer a question. Before you begin playing the game, agree with all players how much time will be allowed to answer a question. Allowing 30 seconds for a player to answer a question should be sufficient.

    Think before you answer a question. Always try to answer a question.

    Be fair to each other; don’t talk when a player is thinking about his/her answer.

    DON’T GET DISCOURAGED: I.Q.2000’ was designed to be fun and educational! You are not expected to know the answer to every question. Some questions are more difficult than other questions. If you knew the answers to all the questions then the game would not be as much fun.

    Listen and learn. If you do, after a while the game will be even more fun. If you are having trouble answering the questions, don’t give up. Keep trying. Learning takes time.

    FAMILY FUN! You may think that the questions in this game are too easy for mom, dad, big sister or big brother. Well, you may be wrong. Mom and dad may know many of the GENERAL KNOWLEDGE questions but you may be surprised to see how many of the SPECIAL CATEGORY questions they don’t know!

    Have Fun!

    IMPORTANT NOTICE

  • The I.Q.2000 game was designed as a conceptual but realistic presentation of the solar system.

  • Since play begins on the "Planet Earth" and is continued to the far reaches of our solar system, it must be recognized that the players are travelling away from the sun.

  • The planets of Venus and Mercury are not shown on the gameboard as they are closer to the sun than the "Planet Earth".

  • "Planet Quizaar" is a fictitious (not real) planet.

  • I.Q.2000 PRODUCTS INC. and PLAYTOY INDUSTRIES INC. would like to point out that the planetary system on the I.Q. 2O0O gameboard shows the planet Neptune as being closer to the sun than the planet Uranus. In actual fact, Neptune is farther, thus the order should be reversed. This does not affect the playing of the game in any way whatsoever.

    We invite your comments and inquiries concerning I.Q.2000

    Please send your letters to: Playtoy Industries Inc.
    29 Ingram Drive,
    Toronto, Ontario,
    M6M 2L7

    Playtoy Industries Inc. and I.Q. 2000 Products Inc. wish to thank the following individuals 

    Ken Leach                    Leslie Goldberg
Gail Ault                    Lindsey Sharp
Tony Rosati                  Lisa Smith