Twitter Trivia - New Happy Fun Game!
Twitter Trivia is a game I thought of while riding home from work. I was listening to the radio, and heard a song, and could not think of the artist. I thought “I wish I could Twitter the lyrics to my friends”, and the light bulb went off.
Why not use Twitter as a platform for a trivia game? Most everyone loves trivia right? For example: In Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, what philosopher is mentioned? (Answer below)
So I’m giving it a shot. I’ll even throw in some prizes to get it off the ground. (Amazon gift certificates? Any input here?) Here are the rules.
1. Follow funtrivia on Twitter
2. Twitter all your friends to follow funtrivia (OK, not officially a rule, but you might as well; the more the merrier.)
3. Starting Monday, March 3rd, I’ll begin twittering trivia questions (although I’ll lob a few practice questions this week, to work out the wrinkles.) They can range from movies to sports, music to geography, and everything in between.
4. The first three people that reply with the correct answer will be given points (3 points for being first, 2 for second, 1 point for third). At the end of March, I’ll tally up the results, report the winners, and hand out the prizes.
That’s it. If it takes off (like I hope it does), we’ll continue the game, build a leaderboard (already built it), a champion’s page, badges for the winners, get better prizes, etc. If it doesn’t, you can go back to reading my Twitters about the cat hair on my couch.
So tell all your friends, and let’s try something new with Twitter. Any questions (or suggestions), ask them in the comments, and I’ll respond.
Oh,and the answer is Galileo. You remember, just after they sing “Thunderbolt and lightning - very, very frightening me! Galileo, Galileo” And don’t even tell me you’re not seeing the four Wayne’s World dudes in that fresh 1976 Pacer when you read that.
How can this not be fun? Start following funtrivia today!
February 25th, 2008 at 3:47 am
Sounds cool. Count me in!
February 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Funny. Will follow you from Paris, France.
February 25th, 2008 at 11:15 am
[…] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. As you know I am a fan of Twitter, but I have yet to find a Twitter group participation thing - Frozen Peas, Twitter Dating (no seriously it exists), etc. - that I was in to. Until now that is…Dan Perry is launching Twitter Trivia. Dan will tweet trivia questions and tally points for the 3 first correct responses. At the end of March he will announce the winners and maybe even have some prizes. If Twitter Trivia takes off, Dan will potentially offer more features like a leader board, “I know more useless crap than you” badges and more. I love trivia and competing for pointless titles so follow FunTrivia to play and help ensure Twitter Trivia will be a success. […]
February 25th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I want to read more about the cat hair!
I think it is a great idea. The more games the better!
dk
February 26th, 2008 at 4:17 am
Dan, you have a great idea here. I own a trivia website of my own and have a lot of fun with it. Let me know if you need any help getting up and running.
February 26th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Thanks Casey. I may look you up on that!
February 27th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Sounds like a very interesting idea. I have been fighting the thought of starting twittering, as I already spend way too much time on social networks, but this might be worth giving it a try
February 27th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
this sounds really good… i am becoming your follower now to be a part of the quiz!!
March 5th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I’m following but dont seem to have a way to reply with an answer. Twitter tells me I can’t d or @ you because you aren’t following me.
help?
March 5th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hey Lori,
the account @funtrivia isn’t following anyone, yet I’m able to see replies. Possibly it’s this: When you type the “@” symbol, then copy/paste a name, Twitter adds a space between the symbol and name. Remove that space.
When direct messaging someone, you need the space.
So, an example of each would be:
@funtrivia (note, no spaces)
d @funtrivia (direct message to the account)
I hope that helps.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
Do you @reply or D message the answer to you?
March 14th, 2008 at 12:15 am
Hey Kim,
Reply to @funtrivia via Twitter. Don’t send a direct message. This way, it’s very easy to keep track of who replies first, second and third; Twitter puts them in the right order automatically. Great question!