Dr. Know-It-All

Dr. Know-It-All is a classic short-form game that builds one 'expert' out of three improvisers. The three stand side by side and together become Dr. Know-It-All — a supposed expert on absolutely anything. The audience lobs a question (say, 'How do you train a goldfish to do tricks?'), and the three answer one word at a time, rotating: Player A gives the first word, Player B the second, Player C the third, then back to A, and around again. The trick is that each word has to follow grammatically and build a sentence that's coherent — or hilariously not. Sentences usually wrap with a sweeping gesture and a confident, period-stamping statement. After a few rounds of Q&A, the game ends. The fun is all in the collaborative puzzle-solving and the wild places a shared sentence can wander.

• Three improvisers stand shoulder to shoulder, facing the audience.
• The host announces: 'Please welcome the world's foremost expert on everything, Dr. Know-It-All!'
• The host asks the audience for questions on any topic at all.
• The host picks a question and hands it to Dr. Know-It-All.
• Player 1 says the first word of the answer, Player 2 the second, Player 3 the third, then back to Player 1, and so on.
• They keep going one word each until the sentence lands, with Player 3 punching a final word for emphasis.
• Then all three make a synchronized 'period' gesture (think arms sweeping together).
• The host asks another question, and round it goes again.
• Play 3-5 questions, then wrap by thanking Dr. Know-It-All.

• Stage space. An audience to toss out questions. And a host to pick which ones to ask.

• Dr. Know-It-All with Accent: The expert speaks with a specific accent or in a particular style (Shakespearean, robot, etc.).
• Dr. Know-It-All Debate: Two teams of three form competing experts who debate a topic one word at a time per team.
• Single Sentence Expert: Each question gets exactly one sentence — the discipline of making every word count.
• The 'period' gesture can be customized — finger snap, bow, jazz hands — as long as it's synchronized.