Trivia
games are amongst the most popular games of all times. Its popular among all
age groups. Even before internet took over our world, trivia games were played
and shared with fun and enthusiasm via books and TV. The appeal of this class
of game is that trivia not only entertains and challenges, but it teaches at
the same time. According to definition, trivia judges grammar, rhetoric and
logic, three skills hence the name trivia. The game is really popular because
of the fact it forces our mind to think in an non-conventional way. Some
problems which might seem to have typical solution have really simple hidden
answer in the question itself. It's fun sometimes to know how tricky and yet
elegantly simple the quiz is. These kind of quizzes fall into trivia games.
When
internet came along, it did no harm to the popularity of trivia games, it
increased like a stampede instead. Sharing things online is a piece of cake and
some really cool and tricky quizzes got spread virally. This aids to increasing
popularity of trivia games online.
Some
websites offer a huge collection of trivia games. Generally online trivia games
follow todo different scoring paradigm :
points & badges. You earn points as you go on clearing the game. It helps
to compare score against others participating in the game and hence gives this
whole thing a sense of competition. Badges are awarded when you reach a set
threshold score say "Genius badge" for scoring 85 out of 100 and so
on. Scoring helps in keep the challenging and competitive spirit and keeps the
player pushing.
All
in all, trivia games are really cool for fun and some IQ exercise.