Icebreakers

Claim to Fame

Guess whoRemote or in person

Your brush with greatness, however tenuous.

The famous person you met, stood behind in a queue, or are distantly related to. Tenuous counts — in fact tenuous is funnier. The room guesses the owner of each.

Run this when…

The situations it was built for. If none of these is the room you have, it is probably the wrong activity.

  • A large group where you need noise quickly
  • A social evening before the working day
  • A sales kick-off

How it runs

Everyone submits something in secret, then the room works out whose is whose.

  1. 1You start a session and put the code on the big screen.
  2. 2Everyone joins on their phone — no app, no sign-up, just the code.
  3. 3You drive the pace from the host screen; the room answers as they go.
  4. 4Ending the session builds the report, with every answer in it.

Running it well

Only the host sees these. Participants never do.

  • Say "tenuous counts" before they write, not after. People bin a good story because they think it isn't impressive enough.
  • Above about twenty, read out five or six rather than all of them — pick the ones that made you laugh reading ahead.

Run it yourself

Free for thirty days, no card. Add it, share the code, and your room is playing in about fifteen seconds.

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At a glance
Players
5–60
Runs for
8–12 min
Where
Remote or in person
Big screen
Required
Teams
Individual only
Best for
Getting acquainted
What it builds
communication