Trivia365 - Great, if you know your onions! (trivia365.co.uk)

Member Name: loulou6

Product:	trivia365.co.uk
Date:	02/11/00 (61 review reads)
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Advantages: possibility of a prize

Disadvantages: the games can stall if you are running an ad-bar

I first found this site due to them offering Beenz (yes, those again!) to join up. I thought that I would have a look, enter a few games, and that would be it, but now, on nearly every Sunday morning, I log into this site and have a stab at winning a few prizes....

This is one of the 'Network sites' that 365 have come up with, along with Football365, Gay365 Win365, There's loads of different sections to them as well - Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Business and Other...(there is a drop-down list in the top right hand corner of the Home page)

When you first type in the URL, the Home page looks a little too busy, (you know, too much information going on) but it does load quite quickly, and it becomes easy on the eyes too, nice font type, this is a good start!

The basic premise of this site is that you can enter any trivia quiz to win prizes, you can join a little group or you can go on your own. There are quizzes about nearly everything, from Television, Education, Music, Art & Culture, Sport and Movies.

You answer 10 questions on your chosen subject, (taking 'Frasier' from the 'Television' section for example) and if you answer them before the timer runs out you get awarded points (the quicker you answer the more points you receive). But they all add up! (be warned, if you get an answer wrong they take away 100 points... boo)

If you have answered enough questions correctly and you have a decent enough score they then add you to the top 20 player scoreboard.

If you top the scoreboard for that week(you have until 5pm Mondays) you win a prize, not exactly huge ones, but hey, how can you turn down '12 'messaged' golf balls'! Some of the prizes are better though - last week they were giving away 'Scooby Doo' videos - cool! But don't despair if you don't get first position, they also choose a winner from the top 20 for the same prize.

>When you enter the quiz, another box pops up, it's about 3" x 4" and it runs an ad-bar at the top, but it's not that intrusive and they have to pay for your prizes somehow! However, if you are running anything else on your 'puter (like a surf bar) it can make the game stall, or sometimes crash. A question is asked and you are given 4 possible answers, clicking on the one you think is correct will win you the points.

They have just recently added a chat room, but i'm not sure how stable it is, as I don't use chat rooms any more (I had a BAD experience in one once, nuff said), But they do have a message board, this is where you can ask all different types of questions regarding the questions asked in the quizzes or you can just read the funny posts! There seems to be a bit of a community going on in there, so you can get to know the other people you are battling it out against.

I end up playing about 7 or 8 different games every week, and even though I haven't won anything yet, I still give it my best shot! It really is fun, I enjoy my time on the site, and it seems very professionally thought out.

To actually win the prizes, you'll have to join the site, but you can enter the quizzes for a laugh by going in as a guest. However, as they only send one e-mail out every week (to tell you who has won) and they don't charge you anything, I don't think this is too much?

Give it a go, if you have a quarter of an hour or more to spare, hop on over, but remember, if you see a LouLou6 in the 'Spice Girls' section, it isn't me....... honest!

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