Fun TriviaReviews 42

In private tournaments the scoring is stupid. If for instance 7 players take part then 1st place gets 7 points then 2nd,3rd,4th,5th get 6 points etc.
Surely the fairest way would be to have a decreasing score,from 7 to 1.
The exception being if the moderator of the groups 2nd then they get bumped up to the same score as the winner.
The system is totally unfair and makes you disinterested in partaking.
For God's sake it's a fun quiz, just simplify the scoring and stop favoring the moderators

This website is heavily relating to the US. Quizzes based on tv shows, celebrities, geography, history, food etc a large percentage of them are to do with the US and then a light sprinkle of European quizzes are thrown in. As someone from Thailand I tried submitting a few single questions to do with Thailand and they were all rejected. When I asked an Editor about it they said my questions were 'too obscure', yet they have questions such as 'Who was the 9th US president?' …… right, because US themed questions like that aren't obscure for some people? People who are familiar with Thailand would have easily known the answers to my questions.

This website desperately needs more diversity and culture. It is very US exclusive. Such a shame.

You simply cannot contact this site beyond a very narrow range of categories
That brook no follow-up questions especially if the problem you have
Doesn't correspond to the contact-us given titles.
To wit, they have stopped totaling my daily points and
I cannot find out why.
It is a totally AI driven site. No Cust. Svc. Number nor email address number
I am a paying customer and I don't like this arbitrary way of procedure.
I will not renew.

A trivia website where you can play untimed quizzes and crosswords on nearly every subject you can imagine, or play a wide variety of timed games. You can be as competitive or non competitive as you like. All the content is user-submitted, which means the quality of the questions varies, but on the whole it's good. The editors make sure questions meet standards, though the standards were not as high twenty years ago, so you will come across the odd dud. If you play online trivia and think "I could write something better than that!", well, this is place to try that out - write quizzes and crossword puzzles for thousands to play!

I've been a member for fifteen years or more, and I find the "gold member' fee of $38 a year worth it. The quizzes are generally well-constructed, informative and a pleasure to play. However, the "editors" are quite nearly useless: there are so many errors, mistakes, misspellings, and incorrect punctuation that it's not difficult to find something in nearly every quiz. I've been chastised (almost to the point of being banned) for submitting correction notice: "You're being too picky," This was in response to pointing out that a question had a terminating period AND a terminating question mark. I pointed out that these questions are for sale (bar quizzes, school functions, parties, etc) and that they shouldn't be written so bad that it looked like a fifth-grade dropout wrote them. Haha, that wasn't appreciated. The editors can't really "edit" - they only tell you what's wrong (IF they can see it), and although the content becomes property of the site after submission, correction notices go to the author of the quiz, although that person could be long dead and gone, so it never gets fixed.

Yeah, it's worth it, but don't count on much professionalism from the "editors".

Oh by the way - I graduated with a minor in English and I used to be a professional proofreader and writer for US Govt aircraft trend analysis reports and military aircraft maintenance manuals; I know how to proof.

It starts off fine then the further in you get the worse it becomes The site managers decide on who plays by dividing members into groups based on levels and experience Sounds good but it really means that new entrants into a category become cannon fodder to those already there. There are not that many questions and a lot of repetitive questions or very specific questions that you learn as you go on ( For example what subway station do you get off at to visit a museum? So long time players have a tremendous advantage by basically memorizing the answers through repetitive plays the longer you play the easier it gets Site managers love this because it increases hits and revenue You need a gold membership to get full advantage This may explain why the site advertises 3 million plus members but I suspect that the number of active players is around 5 to 8 thousand So if you want to look good by winning a lot of duels or scoring astronomically high scores by constant repetition then this is your heaven If you want a better selection of questions and be able to learn something go elsewhere

There are quizzes on just about any topic you can think of. And if you think of one that's not there you can add your own. I love this sore!

I have been quizzing on the Funtrivia site for almost 14 years, and I love it. The first year I played independently and it was fun, but after that I joined a team and that was when the experience became most rewarding. I have met people from all over the world and become real friends with many of them. The $38 yearly fee to enjoy gold membership makes FT one of the least expensive hobbies I can imagine.

Companies who cover their entire site with ads that disrupt you from even being able to play on mobile completely kill all sense of enjoyment. Don't get me started on how they focus on their special people for publishing certain quizzes. The entire thing is a joke when the site in '09 actually was good.

The concept and mechanics are great but is being spoiled by the glory hounds who are more interested in winning at all costs and that seriously effects the enjoyment level of users with either physical disabilities or slow computers. Most standings and scores are determined mainly by speed. If you get one question wrong you will end up in the lower part of the standings I do not see how it is possible for an individual to bring up questions read them and then submit all at an average of less than 3 seconds a question.
This game is for you if you are more interested in showing off If you want a fun and learning experience go elsewhere

I enjoy this trivia site. The daily quiz is good, wish it was on the weekends as well. And the Trivia Dual is fun. I don't use all the different quizzes and tabs yet since I'm new to it, but I hate to miss a daily quiz. And it's free - can't beat that! No annoying pop up ads or ads you have to sit through before you play.

I have been a member of Fun Trivia for about 20 years now and I really enjoy the camaraderie, mental stimulation and fun the site has given me over the years and continues to give me. There are numerous ways to get involved and I can recommend most of them - new games and challenges are added frequently.
The thing that I enjoy the most are the members. I have met some interesting people from all over the world, some of whom have developed into good friends.

I've been a member of FunTrivia for over twenty years, and have watched it grow and improve over that time. I can play as many games as I like, write quizzes and crosswords (or simply play them) and talk with some of the friends I've made there on the chat boards and forums. There is truly "something for everyone", including younger players and oldsters (like me). It is the only site I actually miss whenever I lose internet access.

The editors are strict and that can frustrate authors, but that's what makes the content here so good.

There are thousands of quizzes on every topic imaginable, and the accuracy of the content is surprisingly good for user submitted stuff. That is because editors go over everything before it is released online.

Overall, a great site. There is enough stuff to do here to keep you occupied for 10 years, and then some.

Useful as a learning tool. I don't really want to learn about Hollywood, or about television series, but I find it useful to brush up on, and learn new information about, history, literature, geography, etc. I am not worried about how I rate compared to others - I am not playing to best others, but to better myself. If that is your goal, and if you have the ability to discern what it is you want to learn about, I think you will find it a useful, and entertaining, site...

The editors and moderators on Funtrivia have removed fun from the site. The owner is an idiot. I'm 60 yrs old and I've been a paying member for over ten years and get treated like I'm a child. While an American owns the site and the majority of players are American, the editors are mostly foreigners who dislike Americans. The editors and moderators (PC police) remove long time players comments anytime they wish. The PC police run the site like Cold War Russia, North Korea, Cuba, Vezezuela, Iran, Iraq, and China all rolled into one! The site is becoming stagnant because the owner has let a set group of idiots control who gets to submit questions or quizzes and has given them the power of being an exclusive clique. While most of the new questions are submitted and selected by a clique, the paying members who are being chastised, punished, and banned for daring to complain are beginning to leave for other sites. I will no longer renew my membership. DO NOT waste your time or money.

I submitted a quiz and the stupid editors were nit picky about it so I quit in rage. Now I can't get back in and they locked my account. This site needs to be taken down. That's not all they did and I asked nicely on Facebook to unlock my account they refused and they have an IP lock on my email address which is illegal. Also they deny their editors are jerks. Before I quit in rage one of them called me a $#*! which is mean and is a Gen X slur they say to Millennials who have Autism to get a rise. Funtrivia will not admit they are in the wrong and they can not control their own staff let alone their volunteer editors.

None of the user-submitted questions are ever vetted for validity, which can cost you a tournament. I lost by a single point for (not) getting a question wrong, and had no way of challenging it (besides simply pointing out that the question was incorrectly scored, which does nothing to your score). They have no appeals process, whatsoever. All of the "contact us" links are circular and do not bring you to contact an admin. The only pre-constructed answer they provided regarding inquiries about a scoring dispute is the following from their site:
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Sorry, but we are not able to alter scores to fix this type of situation. Just imagine if our internet connection hiccups and we had to change the scores of thousands of players! It simply is not practical.

Sorry for the inconvenience, and may you have better luck next time!
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That's it? Just a flippant "too bad, so sad!" reply?

It's clear they don't care about making this a great site, and I'm BEYOND thankful that I wasn't stupid enough to ever give them any of my money for any of their "premium features" (including the privilege of being $20 lighter in the wallet).

For a great alternative mass trivia site, just go to Sporcle.com - at least it's run by competent people there.