If you choose the 'no-ads' option you won't see any ads, however, you must pay a small fee to enter a tourmanemt and will also be eligible to win cash awards (see the schedule below).
If you choose to play 'free games' (with ads), you can play for FREE, FREE, FREE and can increase your scores by answering a question about an ad. You can choose to not answer questions about ads, BUT, you will still be shown ads and cannot receive bonus points. The companies that pay us for your games so you can play for free, want you to at least know who they are.
Your scores are determined by the outcomes of 2 possible
question-answer sessions, one based on your selected trivia
sub-category and one based on the content of an ad you will
be shown, if you chose to see ad-based questions.
Awards are given according to the outcomes of a question-answer
session based on your selected trivia category.
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Your Special-Account balance will substitute as your entry fee for each level of play beyond level 1. It will be updated after each win, loss, and quit.
A player may request a list of all the questions and answers for their selected sub-category. Q/A lists cost two dollars ($2.00) per sub-category and cover all the questions that can be asked for the selected sub-category. The selected sub-category will be used for Q/A lists and regular game play. A single sub-category may be used for a maximum of 10 questions in regular games, and cannot be used again until the player has used a minimum of 9 other sub-categories.
If you reach your maximum number of plays for a sub-category and must select another sub-category, or if you choose to select a different sub-category, a Q/A list for the new category will cost $2.00.
A tournament is comprised of several levels of game play. The first, second, and last levels have 2 players per game and all other levels have 4 players per game. Each time you win a game, you move up one level and are awarded the amount for the level on which you played.
If you lose a game, you are removed from the tournament and will be awarded the amount shown on the schedule (under 'LOSE') for the level on which the lost game was played.
If you wish to play another game after being removed from a tournament, you must reenter a tournament as a new player, which means that if you are playing games that have a fee, you must pay another entry fee. The fee will be subtracted from your Cash-Account. If your Cash-Account does not have enough balance to cover the Fee, then you must deposit more money into it before you can play again.
Players are selected for a regular game in chronological order. Game groups can be formed with up to 4 individuals per game.
When you enter a game, a question from the sub-category you selected will be sent to you.
For a standard tournament, you will have ample time to review your question. The delay is provided so both slow and fast readers will have time to comprehend the question. After the delay, four possible answers will be displayed and you must select one of them by tapping/clicking it within the alloted time after being displayed. If you do not make a selection within the alloted time, you automatically lose the game and will be removed from the tournament.
Players can receive questions from the same sub-category up to 10 times. Once this limit is reached, the sub-category cannot be selected again until you have played 9 additional sub-categories.
Looking up an answer online or in an ordinary publication such as a dictionary, encyclopedia, magazine, etc., or receiving assistance from a non-cheating individual within the time alloted to answer a question, WILL NOT be considered cheating.
If you are playing a FREE game, after answering the question from your selected sub-category, you will be sent a picture of an ad. After several seconds, the picture will disappear and you will be given a question about the picture. If you answer the question within the alloted time, you will receive up to twice the number of points awarded on your current level.
Keep in mind that if you can't remember an answer, a guess is better than the guaranteed loss of running out of time. So... if you are stumped, make your best guess.
The winner of an individual game will be the player with a correct answer and the shortest elapsed time to select it. There will be situations when two or more players have correct answers and the same winning elapsed time. In such 'tie games', all players submitting the correct answer and a winning elapsed time will be assigned to a new game on the same level. If a player loses the newly assigned game, they will be removed from the tournament.
Since each game has multiple players and each player can play at a different time, the game you are assigned to may not have all its player's answers when you submit your answer. In order to know if you won your game, you may have to wait until all the other players in your game have submitted their answers. If another player has submitted the correct answer in a shorter elapsed time than yours, you will be immediately notified via Text Message that you have lost the game.
Some top-level games may, at Company's discretion, be played at a location and time specified by Company. Company must arrange for travel to and from the location for the top-level players and one companion each. Company must make provisions for accomodations for players and their companions for at least one night prior to the play of their game(s). Company may arrange for video and audio recordings of the top-level games. By playing in a top-level game, players agree to allow the audio and video recordings of their top-level games. Company retains all rights to the use, sale, duplication, transmission, licensing, and retention of said recordings. No entity other than Company or an entity that has been authorized by Company, may make any recordings of said games for any purpose.
If any player of a top-level game refuses to play in his/her game after Company has provided transportation and/or lodging for them, said player must reimburse Company for all expenses related to providing said transportation and lodging. Said player(s) must forfeit any amount in their Special-Account and their potential winnings as a top-level player to satisfy said reimbursement.
Except as explained above for top-level players, a player may quit a tournament and have their Special-Account added to their Cash-Account balance. Company will not question the reason for quitting; it is the player's personal business. Once the balance transfer is made, said player may request that their Cash-Account be paid to them, minus any amount owed to Company. Levels 4 and above will have a cash amount a player can receive if they quit. The 'Quitter's Prize' starts with small amounts for low levels but as shown in the schedule of awards, grows to MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS for higher levels. Game-Awards are NOT cumulative. Each Game-Award replaces a player's Special-Account balance.
If you finalize your decision to quit and then wish to play again, you must enter a tournament as a new player and pay the entry fee if there is one.
Company endeavors to insure that all questions and related answers are correct when entered into the Trivia database; however, you agree that there is no perfect system and that errors do occur and you agree to hold Company harmless for an incorrect statement, question, or answer. If you become aware of an incorrect or grossly misleading statement, question, or answer, you agree to immediately alert Company concerning the situation via e-mail at support@www.trivzilla.com. All players playing games containing erroneous information will be reset to the level of play they were on when the erroneous game was played, and if their Special-Account was reduced due to the loss of said game, then their Special-Account will be restored to its value prior to the loss. Any prize awarded to the winner of a game that was won by chosing an incorrect answer, must be removed from said winner's Special-Account. Said winner must be reinstated in a tournament on the same level being played when the erroneous game was played, and their Special-Account set to the value it had when the erroneous game was played. All players must be assigned to another game with a different question-answer set. If you were playing in a game that Company has found to have an incorrect answer registered as the correct answer in Company's database, and you were awarded an amount for winning the game, you agree to immediately return said awarded amount to Company.
All this may look complicated, but so would the legal explanation of the rules for playing Tic-Tac-Toe. The actual play is quite simple... select a tournament, select an available sub-category, read a question, select an answer as fast as you can, win if you select the correct answer in the shortest amount of time, or lose if you don't. Practice between games. Simple.
Last Updated: May, 2021
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