Five-Second Rule

Material:
 * Category cards (or just a list of categories) prepared beforehand.

Instructions:
 * Each player in turn is given a category and he or she must name at least three items of that category in five seconds or less. If they can do it, they receive a point and the next player is given a new category. If they can't name three items in five seconds, the next player receives the same category, but they can't use any of the items the previous player used. This is supposed to be a very fast paced game, so don't give players too much (or any) time to think beyond the five seconds they get to answer. If no player is able to give three examples of a particular category, the player who originally received the category gets the point by default.

Example:
 * Josh is first, he is given the category 'animals.' He says 'Tiger,' 'Bear' and 'Llama.' He gets a point. The next player is Sarah. She is immediately given the category 'Famous Scientists.' She says 'Newton,' 'Einstein' and then the time ends. The next player, Mary, is given the same category and cannot say 'Newton' or 'Einstein' as they had already been used. She instead says 'Hawking,' 'Galileo' and 'Curie,' getting the point.


 * Sample Play: