Beat the clock on a set of questions by triaging each one, solve it for full points, gamble a quick guess, or flag and skip it.
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How to play
You face a set of questions and a shared time budget. Solving a question spends its full time for full points; guessing is nearly free but only pays off some of the time; skipping costs and scores nothing. When the budget runs out, the round ends and your play is graded against optimal triage.
Solve: spend the question's time and answer it for full marks
Guess: near-instant, but only one-in-N likely to be right
Skip & flag: free, but earns nothing
See how close your score came to the optimal expected score
Game modes
Penalty toggle: play with no penalty or with wrong answers costing −2 (which flips the smart move)
Daily: one shared question set per day
Practice: fresh randomized sets
Controls
Desktop: press 1-9 to pick a choice, S or Enter to solve, G to guess, X or Space to skip, arrows to navigate; buttons also work
Phone & tablet: tap a choice and tap Solve, Guess or Skip
Tips & strategy
Spend your time budget on high-point questions you can actually solve, and guess the cheap long shots
Under the −2 penalty, stop blind-guessing, skipping protects your score where a wrong gamble would sink it
What you'll learn
Deadline is about exam strategy and expected value, where managing a time budget beats brute force.
Skills: exam strategy, time management, expected value, prioritization
Best for: roughly grades 8–12 (ages 13+)
For parents & teachers: exam strategy and where to spend time.
About Deadline
Deadline is an original free browser game about exam strategy and expected value, where managing a time budget and knowing when to guess matters as much as knowing the answers.
A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.
