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Fun holiday talk game

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Questions only!

This is such a funny game. Pick a topic, situation or character and have a conversation with just one rule – you can only ask questions. Try it and see how long you can keep it going for.

Here’s an entertaining clip for the grown-ups, to show how it works:

 
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