Colour me as quite surprised and I don’t know how often I’ll play it after the initial launch but for a very quick burst of quiz Triviaverse on Netflix, which launched yesterday, is actually pretty good – basically three minutes of rapid fire multiple choice questions that get increasingly difficult after each minute (that’s right, it’s the The National Lottery The Third Degree reboot the nation has been crying out for), answering multiple questions correct in a row offers a streak bonus (and this is the key to a high score – you want to be earning 200pts a question rather than the basic 100pts), it has a slightly trippy background playing in the background, the music gets more exciting and intense as the clock runs down… it’s genuinely quite a fun quiz experience (right up until you get hit with a US sports question, at any rate). It even keeps basic stats like your high score and best and worst categories in the background. you can play against a chum sitting next to you on the couch.
Issues? There’s an argument that the harder rounds should be worth more points, as it is you’ll score biggest in the initial minute and there’s certainly a temptation to end early if you get a bad run of questions in the early round. It’s a shame there’s no official way to post your scores anywhere (my best score is 4800 if you want a target to beat). I’ve had one repeat question so far, and I’ve answered around 250 (around 40 questions a set which I accept is fairly fast) so I don’t know how large the database is, but I don’t think it’s keeping track of which questions you’ve seen which is a shame.
It’s certainly a more successful thing for me than Trivia Quest, and plays a better game than Cat Burglar (although Cat Burglar has other things going for it). Good.