# Oh dear, you're going to hate me for showing you all this game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 27, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453 "2011-07-27T01:23:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/1 "2011-07-27T01:23:26Z")
Probably because it’s going to take your attention away from most of your other things you have to do (much like it did me). [This game](http://www.joytube.com/trivial-blitz-2/) is very fun and addictive. What you do is this: It will give you a category, say, Star Trek Characters or Types of the Color Blue…and then it will list about 18 things, some of which will apply to the category and some that won’t. The object is to get as many right as you can. If you get one wrong, though, you lose the score you had built up until then. I didn’t do too hot with the “Types of Ships” category, but I kicked ass at the “80s Sitcoms” one. I wonder how many categories there are… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/2 "2011-07-27T02:08:13Z")
Neat. I did OK, but I wasn’t sure whether they would count “Scream” as a movie trilogy or not since Scream 4 came out recently. ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/3 "2011-07-27T02:16:21Z")
Not a bad game at all but the categories repeat pretty quick, the difficulty varies wildly, and since the main rounds aren’t timed there’s no reason why you couldn’t google the answers. Best I did in 5 plays was 3k. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/4 "2011-07-27T02:19:45Z")
You bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/5 "2011-07-27T02:22:16Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Best I did in 5 plays was 3k. I got $3,775 one round but one of the boards was “Pink Floyd Albums”. Score! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/6 "2011-07-27T02:56:46Z")
I got $3500 one round. It’s neat but needs some work: 1. As mentioned, the categories repeat frequently. 2. It’s not made clear how you pass a round after getitng all the right answers. I did the “New York Sports Teams” and only realized after making the last pick that there was no way to advance beyond that unless you chose “pass” after the last answer. 3. Wow, the difficulty jumps up and down. 4. There’s at least a few plainly wrong answers. In “Game Show Hosts” I was marked wrong for choosing Wayne Brady. Wayne Brady, of course, hosted “Don’t Forget The Lyrics.” ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/7 "2011-07-27T03:01:56Z")
> [@kolga](#): > > you bastard. QFFT! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/8 "2011-07-27T03:42:16Z")
It also needs an “I’m done” button for the bonus round, so you don’t have to wait for the clock to tick down when you’ve picked as many as you know. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/9 "2011-07-27T04:04:21Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. It’s not made clear how you pass a round after getitng all the right answers. I did the “New York Sports Teams” and only realized after making the last pick that there was no way to advance beyond that unless you chose “pass” after the last answer. Are you sure you didn’t miss one? After you pick all 11, it should automatically go to the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/10 "2011-07-27T05:17:14Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. It’s not made clear how you pass a round after getitng all the right answers. I did the “New York Sports Teams” and only realized after making the last pick that there was no way to advance beyond that unless you chose “pass” after the last answer. Like enalzi wrote, if you pick all the correct answers it automatically takes you to the next round. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/11 "2011-07-27T06:44:14Z")
Yeah, if there is a “continue” option, then there is still at least one correct answer on the board. I got 4200, but it was kind of a fluke. They gave me the exact same category back-to-back: Michael Crichton novels, and I got them all right. I did really bad on the other categories that game. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/12 "2011-07-27T07:14:43Z")
Lord of the Rings characters was a gimme. I’ve come across a ton of categories I don’t have a shot in though. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/13 "2011-07-27T07:20:00Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It also needs an “I’m done” button for the bonus round, so you don’t have to wait for the clock to tick down when you’ve picked as many as you know. You either get all 6 or you fail. If you get only 5, then you have to guess or run out of time and get ZERO. I got 4375 after a few plays. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/14 "2011-07-27T07:50:38Z")
6100! ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/15 "2011-07-27T08:21:13Z")
Some of the answers are outdated - or outright wrong. The Gameshow Hosts question gave a blitz for Wayne Brady - who hosted Don’t Forget the Lyrics for the first two seasons. (Mark McGrath hosted it’s last season.) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/16 "2011-07-27T08:39:17Z")
Oh, and my best score was 7150 thanks to the 80s sitcoms and James Bond movies categories (aced both) and the bonus being Lion King characters. (Also got Leonardo paintings (failed), and pharmaceutical companies (quit after getting 700, I believe). Can’t remember what the other round was.) ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/17 "2011-07-27T20:14:29Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Some of the answers are outdated - or outright wrong. The Gameshow Hosts question gave a blitz for Wayne Brady - who hosted Don’t Forget the Lyrics for the first two seasons. (Mark McGrath hosted it’s last season.) Yes - I got the category “games that use dice”, and Trivial Pursuit was deemed incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/18 "2011-07-27T22:01:08Z")
It was fun for a minute, but repeated itself way too soon and too often. Also, I’d like to be able to see all of the possible answers when deciding whether to continue or pass; the window blocks the board at this point. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-dear-youre-going-to-hate-me-for-showing-you-all-this-game/590453/19 "2011-07-28T19:02:30Z")
> [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](#): > > Yes - I got the category “games that use dice”, and Trivial Pursuit was deemed incorrect. Trivial Pursuit doesn’t use dice, it uses a die. 😉