# What's this game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 30, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811 "2010-04-30T01:33:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/1 "2010-04-30T01:33:43Z")
I vaguely remember playing a in which the players each stick a piece of paper on their forehead so that everyone else can see something on that paper but that player can’t. Then you try to find out what’s on your paper. That’s all I remember except that we were having a ball. We were all stoned, but I think it would have been fun anyway. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/2 "2010-04-30T02:07:59Z")
I’ve played it where the paper said a name of a famous personality. You had to ask the guests yes or no questions to figure out the person. And vice versa. Sometimes the paper will be stuck to your back instead of your forehead. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/3 "2010-04-30T02:19:31Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I’ve played it where the paper said a name of a famous personality. You had to ask the guests yes or no questions to figure out the person. And vice versa. Sometimes the paper will be stuck to your back instead of your forehead. That sounds right. Speaking of which, I need some coffee! 😉 This [thing](http://www.sweetmarias.com/clevercoffeedripperpictorial.php) works great. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/4 "2010-04-30T02:39:15Z")
They played it in Inglorious Basterds. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/5 "2010-04-30T02:44:55Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > They played it in Inglorious Basterds. I really need to get that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/6 "2010-04-30T04:17:31Z")
I always knew it as [Celebrity Head](http://www.bestgames.com.au/Products/Celebrity-Head__UNI275422.aspx) or Celebrity Heads [This](http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/celebrity-heads.html)looks to be pretty much the rules I remember for a basic game. ---
**Author:** ![Rin\_Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/7 "2010-04-30T04:59:14Z")
“The Office” (US version) played a version of this game in a really early episode called ‘Diversity Day’, where they all had sticky notes of minorities on their foreheads. I remember this only because it lead to this: [QUOTE=Michael Scott] Abraham Lincoln once said that “If you’re a racist, I will attack you with the North,” and these are the principles I carry with me in the workplace." [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/8 "2010-04-30T06:42:16Z")
Related: Indian Poker can be a lot of fun, depending on circumstances (long night, lots of earlier betting, punchyness, lots of alcohol…). Everyone takes one card, then simultaneously sticks it on their forehead (hence the “indian” name. Don’t know if there’s a politically correct version). Betting ensues. High (or low) card wins. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/9 "2010-04-30T12:28:48Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Related: Indian Poker can be a lot of fun, depending on circumstances (long night, lots of earlier betting, punchyness, lots of alcohol…). > > Everyone takes one card, then simultaneously sticks it on their forehead (hence the “indian” name. Don’t know if there’s a politically correct version). Betting ensues. High (or low) card wins. [Blind Man’s Bluff](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_poker) ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/10 "2010-04-30T12:59:51Z")
> [@Hallucinex](#): > > I always knew it as [Celebrity Head](http://www.bestgames.com.au/Products/Celebrity-Head__UNI275422.aspx) or Celebrity Heads > > [This](http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activity/celebrity-heads.html)looks to be pretty much the rules I remember for a basic game. That’s it. I think we had the game in **Hallucinex’s** first link. The picture on the box looks familiar. I need to watch more tv. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/11 "2010-04-30T14:13:00Z")
In my life it’s always been known as the [Rizla](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizla) Game. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/12 "2010-04-30T14:28:31Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > In my life it’s always been known as the [Rizla](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rizla) Game. That’s quite a tie-in there, **jjimm**. Partly explains the hilarity when we played. 😛 My favorite papers back in the day. Do dopers (the other kind) still “spin one”? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/13 "2010-05-06T03:35:39Z")
I’m not sure of the name, but it works great in ESL/TEFL classrooms. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-game/537811/14 "2010-05-06T04:17:17Z")
Next time you Dopers meet IRL you should play a version of this game but where the username of a Doper is written on the paper.