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Family Trivia Challenge
A trivia night you can send to everybody at once. Pick a category, choose how long the challenge stays open, and share one link with the family. Whoever opens it types a name and plays.
How It Works
Every player gets the same 10 questions in the same order, with 60 seconds on the clock. Each question has four answers and one of them is right. The clock starts on your first press, and Pass leaves a question for later. Most right answers wins, and when two players tie, the quicker round takes it.
One Round Each
Each name plays once and each device plays once, so nobody meets the questions twice. Our server keeps the answers and the time, so the clock is the same for everybody.
The Hall of Fame
Everyone holding the link can come back to see who leads, with gold, silver and bronze for the top three. A challenge stays open to play for one, three or seven days, as its maker chooses.
Private by Design
Only people with the link can see a challenge, who played it or how they did. There is no list to browse, no account to make and nothing to give but a name. Ninety days after a challenge is made, everything about it is deleted.
A Tip
Give the challenge a name the family will know at a glance, such as Sunday Dinner, and choose Mixed to draw from every category, so no single favourite subject decides it.