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!
If you like this post you might enjoy following me on Twitter: twitter.com/danperry
Sounds cool. Count me in!
Funny. Will follow you from Paris, France.
I want to read more about the cat hair!
I think it is a great idea. The more games the better!
dk
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.
Thanks Casey. I may look you up on that!
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
this sounds really good… i am becoming your follower now to be a part of the quiz!!
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?
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.
Do you @reply or D message the answer to you?
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!
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