GAME: Celebrity Spotlight

Here's a no-prep, no-props, quick and easy game you can pull out of your back pocket anytime at youth group.

SET-UP:  None really.  You just need a group of people and a room/area where you can send someone off where they can't hear you.

PLAY:  At the beginning of each round, you send someone out of the room.  After they are out of earshot, you decide as a group what famous person/character the person outside the room will be (let's use Shrek as an example).  You then call the person back in the room.  They stand up front, and then everyone else in the room begins to raise their hands, and as they are called on by the person up front, asks them questions that hint (SUBTLY) to who the character is.  For example - "Is it easy being green?", "Do you really have layers like an onion?", "How's the princess doing?", or "Why are you so mean to that donkey?"  Keep playing until the person up front guesses who they are or makes it clear that they are not going to get it (at that point, have a funny way to tell them time's up, like a loud sound effect or something).

TIPS:  Make sure to make it VERY CLEAR to the big group - the question askers - to keep their questions subtle, and only hint towards the celebrity/character.  In the above example, you don't want someone to ask, "Did you know your name rhymes with Shmek?"  Sort of defeats the fun... Also, when you're choosing the celebrity/character, keep them fairly well-known.  If you pull out some obscure person/character, the game isn't fun because no one will know what questions to ask and the up-front person won't know who they are.

Have fun!