17. People got a face full of powder in “Bullet Pudding”
The 1800’s British game called “bullet pudding” may have been the inspiration for Jenga. The host pulled out a large serving tray with a little mountain of flour piled on top. They placed a bullet on the top of the flour mountain. Each player would stick their finger into the flour, which would cause a mini-avalanche of powder, and the bullet would roll down the sides, or fall inside of the mound. Whichever player caused the bullet to fall inside of the pile has to use bury their face in the flour and pick up the metal ammunition with their teeth, like bobbing for apples. When they came back up, their face would be completely white and covered in flour, and surely, everyone would be laughing at them.