Trivia Quiz guide

Goal

Answer trivia questions correctly for as long as you can.

How to play

• Pick a category to start - Mixed draws from all of them.
• A question appears with four possible answers. On a desktop the keys 1 to 4 pick them.
• You have fifteen seconds per question.
• A correct answer extends your streak and brings the next question.
• One wrong answer, or the timer running out, ends the run.

Difficulty

The questions get harder as your streak grows rather than staying at one level: easy below a streak of five, medium from five, hard from ten. Streaks of 5, 10, 15, 25, 50 and 100 are marked as milestones.

Technique

Eliminate before you choose. Wrong options are often wrong for a structural reason - the wrong century, the wrong continent, a name that belongs to a different field - and ruling two out turns a guess into a coin flip you can usually win.

Scoring

• A correct answer is worth 100 points on easy, 200 on medium and 300 on hard.
• That base is multiplied by your streak, rising in steps from 1x to 2x at a streak of fifteen.
• Answering quickly adds up to 50% on top, tapering to nothing as the fifteen seconds run down.
• Questions are drawn across a range of subjects, so breadth beats depth.