QuizUp - Free Trivia Game App

I usually don't pay much attention to iPhone games or the latest apps, which is why I only recently discovered the wonderful trivia game QuizUp. 250 categories...150,000 questions...millions of players...and best of all - it's free.

Available only for Apple devices at the moment (I play on a 2nd Gen iPad and it looks and plays great), but an Android version is in the works. Simply download the app, sign-up for free with just an email address (you can link your FaceBook or Twitter accounts if you want to challenge friends), choose a category and start playing.

QuizUp is kind of the speed dating of trivia challenges. The game finds an opponent close to your experience level almost instantly and then you play a super fast round of trivia in the category of your choice - 7 questions with a maximum of 10 seconds each. You get points for correct answers, answering quickly, and the last question is double points for that come from behind win. So each match is under a minute after which you get a fast recap of the points (you get an extra hundred points if you won) and then you can challenge your opponent to a rematch or move on to another player. It's easy, it's fast, and it's super addictive.

The only problems I could find with the game are minor (and common to any trivia game). You get to a certain point within a category and you start getting duplicate questions. New questions can be added to the game by players once they reach level 15 (1 - 2 hours of play, depending on how well you're doing) so as the game takes off and more players start adding questions that problem should take care of itself. As far as the quality of the questions go it was a mixed bag. My go-to category was Horror Movies and it seemed about a third of the questions were "what year was this movie released" - not very imaginative, but I'm sure the quality and variety of questions will greatly improve the longer the game is around. The other issue I had was accuracy - there was at least one question I know was wrong, so it makes me wonder about some of the others I wasn't sure about.

I'm Chinarider on QuizUp, and I just started a twitter account (@MrTriviaMan) for the sole purpose of linking up with friends to play quizup - feel free to challenge me anytime!