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A trivia night board by Trinko Trivia on Trinko Trivia. Free.
For the whole family, from the kid with the tablet to the grandparent with the flip phone. The apps on every phone, movie robots, game consoles, the people who invented things and where internet words came from.
What you are getting
- 5 × 5, 25 questions, about 45 minutes of play, 3 all-play boosts, 1 wheel square, and a Final with wagers.
- Categories: Apps on Every Phone, Robots at the Movies, Press Start, Bright Ideas, Internet Words.
- Squares worth 100, 200, 300, 400, 500.
- The board on the TV, a buzzer on every phone, scores that add themselves up. Nothing to install and no accounts for the players.
- Free: take it and run it tonight.
A taste of every category
The easiest square in each category, with its answer.
- Apps on Every Phone for 100: The green owl who reminds you, a little too often, to do your language lesson. — Duolingo
- Robots at the Movies for 100: Pixar's lonely trash-compacting robot who falls for a sleek probe called EVE. — WALL-E
- Press Start for 100: Sony's 2020 console, the one nobody could find in a shop for its first year. — PlayStation 5
- Bright Ideas for 100: The American inventor credited with the practical light bulb and the phonograph. — Thomas Edison
- Internet Words for 100: The little smiley faces and hearts you drop into a text message. The word is Japanese for "picture character". — Emoji
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