Faceoff

Each question is a head-to-head against a ghost: a deterministic replay of a past player's answer and time. If you're both right, the faster answer takes the point, and a quick correct reply earns a speed bonus. Wrong or too slow concedes the point. Win more of the round's questions to take the duel.

• Answer each question before the per-question timer runs out
• Both right? The faster answer wins the point
• Fast correct answers earn a speed bonus; wrong or slow concedes it
• Daily faces everyone the same ghost; Practice randomises the duel

• Desktop: click an answer option
• Phone & tablet: tap an answer option

• Watch the ghost's tick on the timer bar, beat that mark to take the point
• Don't sacrifice accuracy for speed; a wrong fast answer still loses the point
• Bank speed bonuses on the questions you know cold to widen your lead

Faceoff turns a trivia round into a real-time race against a recorded opponent.

• Skills: general knowledge, quick recall, focus
• Best for: all ages
• For parents & teachers: trivia as a head-to-head race.

Racing a deterministic replay of a past player's answer and time is the ghost, the device racing games have used as an asynchronous opponent since Super Mario Kart.

Applying it to a quiz, where speed breaks ties, is the original transfer.

A ghost solves a problem trivia has: quizzes are hard to play competitively without synchronising players. A recorded opponent supplies pressure and a comparison without requiring anyone to be present, and it is fair in a way a live opponent is not — it never got a different question.

Faceoff turns a trivia round into a real-time race against a recorded opponent. It's an original, free browser game built for PlayPendium.

A free, original browser game on PlayPendium. No download, no install.