1. This game takes a few moments of preparation. Make yourself a list of pairs of things. For example:
* ham and eggs
* salt and pepper
* shoes and socks
* stars and stripes
* bread and butter
* nickel and dime
* thunder and lightning
* Romeo and Juliet
* Lone Ranger and Tonto
* Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
* Jack and Jill
* twist and shout
* birds and bees
* sticks and stones
* hook and ladder
* cops and robbers
2. On each piece of paper write the name of one member of each pair.
3.Gather players in a circle with their backs toward the center. Pin a sheet of paper to each back so that the person pinned does not kow the word on his or her back.
4. After all the players are pinned, each must try to find the person with the mate to his or her word. This is difficult because no player knows his or her own word and is not allowed to ask its identity directly. Players may ask each other any question at all (Is it a person?" "Is it an animal?") except "What's my word?" Before finding partners, players must find out what their own words are.
5. The game ends when each player has successfully found his or her partner.
Taken from The Incredible Indoor Games Book by Bob Gregson. (1982). Fearon Teacher Aids: Parsippany, NJ. Page 116.