Do you know every thing there is to know about How I Met Your Mother? Are you an expert at music theory? Do you follow college basketball? Can you always “name that lyric?” Do you obsess over geography, pride yourself on your boundless knowledge of children’s literature, or never miss an episode of Downton Abbey? While all of these varying categories and obsessions seem as different as shampoo and conditioner, would you believe that there is a mobile app that unites them all under one addicting objective… I’m talking about the quickly trending trivia question app, QuizUp.  

I first discovered this trivia game while waiting for three hours in a doctor’s office lobby this past January. It had been a long drive to get to the office itself, an even longer stack of paperwork to complete once I arrived, and after listening to Matthew McConaughey say “alright, alright, alright” for the sixth time to the ladies of The View, I found myself bored of being bored. I’m not one to typically stay on trend when it comes to mobile gaming (do not even try to convince me to play Candy Crush), but I found myself reaching out to friends for suggestions of best apps to download while I was stuck waiting. With resounding unanimity, all my friends recommended QuizUp, and soon I found myself enthralled answering trivia questions.

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With categories spanning every topic from cuisine, to sports, to the arts, to pop culture, QuizUp combines the questions of Trivial Pursuit with the competitive nature of Words With Friends (remember when that was a thing?). After getting over one million Android downloads in under a week, players worldwide have already clocked collectively the equivalent to over 176 years of game time. Once downloaded, users are invited to log into their new application via Facebook, allowing them to challenge their friends and family to battles of intellect based on mutual interest. There are over 400 categories to choose from and the questions and levels are constantly being updated to ensure the game never gets boring and remains challenging for users of all ages. This trivia question app is perfect for long subway rides home, waiting rooms, when you need to pretend like you're on your phone to get out of an awkward conversation or situation (you can pretend that’s something you’ve never done, but grow up and be honest with yourself), procrastinating, to reconnect with a friend who lives far away (currently I am challenging a friend in North Carolina while I am living in Boston), or to unwind after a long day.

As this craze continues to grow, game developers say that in the future we can look forward to QuizUp being a potential platform for social networking via the creation of unique quizzes by users themselves. While to me that sounds a little to close to the Buzzfeed phenomenon (honestly, if one more of my Facebook friends takes the “What kind of pizza are you?” quiz and publishes the result, I think I might cry), QuizUp’s future is changing by the day based on the evolving interests and requests of it’s users, making it my favorite mobile gaming app to date. The best part? QuizUp is completely free. Unlike other trivia question apps that make you purchase expansion packs for new questions, once downloaded, you have access to the entirety of QuizUp’s many categories and challenges.

In an effort to beat the boredom or just to unwind after a long day download QuizUp and get your trivia on!

Polly’s Top 5 Category Picks:

  • Name That Logo
  • Disney Movies
  • Celebrities
  • Name That Movie
  • Characters in Literature

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