Fun mobile app: Trivi.al

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I've been having fun playing a new iOS game called Trivi.al. It reminds me of the wonderful University of Colorado Trivia Bowl I loved so much when I was in high school in Boulder.

Trivi.al is a turn-based iOS game that's all about the challenge to beat your opponent by increasing your own IQ to genius status. Questions cover everything from Chuck Norris to historical events. The cool part is you don't only play against each other, but also against the question since the Elo rating can increase or fall depending on everybody's answers!

Challenge me to a match! My name is happyseamonkey.

Trivi.al

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20606146 Matt Hudson

Thanks for covering our game! We really appreciate it!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jonathan-Vanasco/728395557 Jonathan Vanasco

I was interested, but they want a lot more Facebook privileges than I’m comfortable with giving to an unknown.
- boingbadoing
  
  You might try http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trivie-free/id527263742?ls=1&mt=8
TimmoWarner

I’ve got about 6 games going now but nobody’s taken their turn for hours. I really do like this kind of game where you take your turns with online opponents once or twice a day.
SpaceBeers

I like the idea but the questions all seemed very American based. Not being American made it quite tricky
- BijouxBoy
  
  Of course! It’s American!
  - SpaceBeers
    
    Yes that would do it.
legotech

Hrm. My username appears to be Regina and it won’t let me change it….give it a try. I love trivia stuff
israfella

IQ is intelligence, your ability to solve problems, not fact-based smarts. One can be very intelligent yet not be very smart. One can also be very smart but not very intelligent. They should change the description of the game.
- Mark_Frauenfelder
  
  Here you go, israfella: http://www.change.org/petition
jkg

I’ve never understood how people can win this sort of thing fairly when someone else is probably googling all the answers in realtime…?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20606146 Matt Hudson

Hey all, just to let you know, we are working on the random function for the build after next. Also, many of the issues will be resolved in the next build which is awaiting Apple’s review. We welcome your feedback, we want to make the best game possible. If you need support or have ideas, add them here: https://getsatisfaction.com/trivial We really appreciate it!