Classic Quiz

Overview

Classic Quiz is the most traditional game in the collection: a question appears, four answers show up, and you have a few seconds to pick the right one. The whole room sees the same question at the same moment, so the contest is about knowledge and a cool head, not luck.

Questions cover different categories and three difficulty levels. It suits an evening with friends as well as a mixed-age group, because the host can raise or lower the difficulty without touching anything else.

How a round goes

1. The host picks the number of questions, the answer time, the difficulty and the category (or a mix of all of them), then starts the match.
2. Each question appears with four answers, reshuffled for every question, so the position of an answer tells you nothing.
3. Choose an answer in time. You can change your mind until everyone has answered or the time runs out.
4. The correct answer is revealed together with who answered what. Each correct answer is worth 100 points; a wrong or missing answer is worth 0.
5. When the questions are over, the ranking decides the winner. In team mode a team's score is the average of its members' scores.

Tips to win

• There is no speed bonus: use all the time you need to think, because answering early earns nothing extra.
• If you do not know the answer, mentally discard the two least likely options; two choices are left and your odds of guessing go up.
• You can fix your choice until the question closes: even if a friend next to you seems very sure, reread the options before you switch.
• The last questions may form a final round with the ranking hidden: play each one as if it decides everything, because you will not see how you are doing.

For the host: settings and tips

• With a mixed group start from medium difficulty and a mix of categories; raise the difficulty if people get bored and lower it in the next match if they get discouraged.
• The number of questions goes from 8 to 16 and the answer time is 10, 15, 20 or 30 seconds: 15 or 20 seconds is a good balance between pace and thinking.
• Team mode (2 to 8 teams, assigned by the host) helps when players are at very different levels: results even out in the average.
• Remember to pick the content language: it is the host's choice and it is separate from the interface language.