QuizUp !

Hello Charlie!

I have been playing for over a month to QuizUp! I absolutely adore this game! It’s an application that you can get on IOS, Android, and Windows Phone.

QuizUp is a mobile game developed by Iceland-based Plain Vanilla Games.  The game is a mobile trivia app similar to the game Trivial Pursuit. 

QuizUp is a multi-player game in which one user competes against another during seven rounds of timed multiple-choice questions of various topics. 

There are over 1,200 total topics available to users to choose from and all the questions are voluntarily submitted by content contributors. Most topics are available in different languages.

Users start a game by choosing a topic of interest from over 1000 available categories. The topics have a wide range of subjects and include popular culture categories like movies and television shows, literary and musical topics, athletic sports and games categories, and scholarly categories like history, science, and geography.

After the user picks a topic, they have the ability to either challenge a friend to a match or be paired against a random player. 

Users have the option of signing into the app through a social media platform such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+ which allows for the user to see current friends who are using the app, invite friends to join them on the app, or challenge friends to a game. 

The user can also choose to sign into QuizUp with an email address and not connect with a social media site.

Players have the option of choosing to play a friend or a random stranger who may be in another country.

When the user has challenged someone, and the opposing user agrees to play, the match begins.

Each match consists of six normal rounds and one bonus round that conclude the game. In each of the six normal rounds, the same question is given to each player with ten seconds to choose an answer out of the four responses provided. Users are awarded for the accuracy and speed of their answer, with a maximum of 20 points awarded per round. Point totals are doubled during the bonus round.

Answering slowly or not giving an answer at all results in reduced points or no points respectively. The user will earn one less point per second that they wait, with a minimum of 10 points if they answer correctly. Incorrect answers also earn zero.

The maximum points possible to be scored in a single game is 160 [(6 rounds x 20 points) + (1 bonus round x 40 points)]. The player with the most points wins the match.

The game is similar to Instagram: QuizUp also has a feature where people can share photos and posts, and other people can comment and like on those photos or posts. The latest version also has a "People" section, where one can find persons of mutual interests in and around their city or country.

Topics:

On QuizUp, there are individual topics in which a player can choose to be quizzed on by another online player. There are topics of many diverse sections, including Medical, Architecture, Science, Economics, and also on major celebrities like pop singers or series.

Users can play in more than one topic; there is no limit on the number of topics played by an individual. The topics mainly played by the individual are shown in the form of a pie chart on the User Screen of the respective player.

Carla F.