Celebrity (game)

Celebrity is a party game in the same family as Charades in which teams compete to guess as many names of famous people as possible before time runs out. The names are written on slips and drawn from a hat or bowl. A clue giver from the team that has the turn tries to get teammates to say the name, and may say almost anything except any part of the name or a direct reference to it. Illegal clues cost a point or end the round, depending on the house rules. The game is widely played in house variants under names such as The Hat Game, Fish Bowl, Salad Bowl, Lunchbox and The Name Game. A common variant replays the same names over three rounds, first with free clues, then with a single word, then with gestures only. Boxed commercial versions have been sold as Time's Up!, Monikers and Rabble.