The basics

Fränk hosts, while Hilary adds her commentary from the sidelines. Choose how many players are joining in and pick a difficulty. Then it's time for ten questions.

Question types

Multiple choice — four answers, one is right.
True or false? — one statement, two buttons.
Take a guess — two values, one is right.

Scoring

You get 1,000 points for each correct answer, plus up to 500 extra for speed. The little flag on the timer shows how many points your answer is currently worth. Maximum: 1,500 per question.

Question ten is the final question, worth double points. That means you can score up to 3,000 points — enough for someone who's trailing to take the lead.

Passing the round

Easy — 60 seconds per question, 5 out of 10 correct to pass.
Medium — 45 seconds, 7 out of 10.
Hard — 30 seconds, 9 out of 10.

The timer only starts once the question and answers have been read aloud. You can tap an answer at any time. Answering early stops the narration and gives you credit for the full time remaining.

Playing together

Up to four players take turns on one device. The current player's name appears at the top. By the way, Fränk can't say your names out loud.

Where your scores live

The leaderboard, player names, and history of questions you've already seen are stored in this browser, rather than on a server. Nobody else can see them, and they never leave your device.

That also means clearing your browser data erases them. In a private browsing window or on another device, you'll be starting from scratch too.

That's what Back up on the start screen is for. It saves everything in a file: your leaderboard, names, settings, and history of questions you've already seen. Store it in your cloud storage or email it to yourself. On a new phone, use the same button to import it, and pick up where you left off. Your full-game purchase isn't included in the backup. It's linked to your Google account and is restored automatically when you sign in.

So nothing stutters

So that you can enjoy the show without interruptions or gaps in the sound, you can download the audio files once. It is entirely optional: the show runs without it, with voices and music arriving as you play. The button on the home screen shows how much that currently comes to, Wi-Fi is the friendlier option, and you can delete it all again at any time.

After that, every voice is there the instant it's needed: no waiting between the question and Hilary reading it out, and no silence where a song should be. The button sits on the start screen, and you can pause and resume whenever you like.

If you've downloaded the audio

The audio isn't saved as loose files somewhere on your phone. It's kept in this browser's storage, right alongside your leaderboard. So there's no need to go hunting for it.

If you want to uninstall the game, delete the downloaded audio first. You'll find the button in Please download, just below the download button. One tap clears it all.

Uninstall first, and a few hundred megabytes will stay on your device. We're not keeping hold of them: once the game is uninstalled, it's gone from your phone, along with the button that deletes the audio. But that storage belongs to the browser, rather than the app, and the browser won't clear it automatically.

Already uninstalled? Just install the game again. Your downloaded audio will still be there. Delete it under Please download, then you can go ahead and uninstall us. That's the easiest option, and your leaderboard stays intact.

You can also clear the data through your browser: open Site settings for niche.sortylendo.com. On most phones, that's in Chrome; Samsung devices may use Samsung Internet. If you're playing in a browser, use the one you opened the game in. This option will also erase your leaderboard.

If questions keep coming back

The game remembers which questions you've seen and picks different ones next time. If it still feels like you're getting the same questions, tap Shuffle questions on the start screen. That puts the entire collection back in the mix. Restarting in the middle of a show also reshuffles the questions.

Your lifelines. Your streak.

Correct answers in total earn you lifelines. A mistake does not take that progress away.

Lifeline	Easy	Medium	Hard
50:50	2	3	4
Double Chance	3	4	5
Time refill	4	5	6
Final Shield	5	6	7

50:50: remove two wrong answers, already during narration. Works on four-answer questions; the existing lock on Hard vocabulary questions stays in place.

Double Chance: switch it on before you answer, then pick two different answers. If one of them is right, the question counts as correct. Your first pick stays marked but does not reveal the solution. The timer keeps running. If it runs out after only one pick, that pick counts. Not on typed estimates.

Time refill: nothing to press — once you have earned it, it works on its own: with 5 seconds left, the timer fills back up. Answer before that and it stays available for a later question. Also works with typed estimates.

Final Shield: automatically prevents the 2,000-point penalty for a wrong or unanswered Final Question, once. The answer still counts as wrong; your hit rate and the pass mark do not change. Unlocking it brings a short message with confetti.

Each lifeline is available once per player and show. You can combine several on the same question — except 50:50 and Double Chance together, which would hand you the answer. Earned lifelines survive mistakes. You cannot use them while paused or in Score Rush.

Streak points: reach those same four thresholds with correct answers in a row and each step pays 500 extra points. Each step counts once per player and show, up to 2,000 points. Mistakes reset the running streak; streak points you already earned stay. On the Final Question it is exactly 500 per step too, with no doubling.

The missions Triple, Know-It-All and Comeback stay on as badges in your highlights. They award no points. At the end you see your best streak.

Your Score Rush streak

Score Rush has a separate streak for each player. Get 5 correct in a row for +500 points, 7 for +700, and 10 for +1,000. These bonuses add up: a ten-answer streak earns 2,200 bonus points on top of the normal answer points.

Each bonus level pays out once per player, per Score Rush. A wrong answer or timeout breaks your streak, but you keep any bonuses you have already earned. Reaching the same level again does not pay out twice. Three correct answers get a celebration, but no extra points. In multiplayer, you can earn the bonuses your own question count allows.

Your best score streak and bonuses appear in the results. Main-show rewards are not available or earned in Score Rush. The usual penalties for wrong or unanswered questions still apply.

Controls

Tap an answer or press A, B, C, or D on your keyboard. For two-answer questions, Y and N also work. Use the controls at the bottom to pause, restart, or quit. Sound can be switched on or off on the start screen.