Round 1 - Rhyme Time
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Members of which fanbase are most commonly sent to the Usual Room?...
Round 2 - Distinctly Average
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How many seconds did it take Fauna to complete her personal best Getting Over It run?
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To the nearest hundred, what font size is the Hollywood sign?
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To the nearest hour, what is the total playtime of Fubuki's streams dedicated to catching a shiny Magikarp in Pokemon BDSP?
Round 3 - Opposites Attract
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Hololive EN fanbases: Calliopeople
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Hololive EN fanbases: Boulders
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Hololive EN fanbases: Ikateki
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Hololive EN fanbases: CommoneRyS
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Anime: Broken Out Shallows
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Anime: Defence Off Dwarf
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Anime: A W Land W
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Anime: Life Essay
Round 4 - Holo History
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AZKi's eighth original song Inochi premieres
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IRyS's tofu asset rises to prominence
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Hololive ReGloss debut
Round 5 - Answer Smash
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Hololive First Names: What musical notation means that a section should be played even more loudly than forte?
Round 1
Please clear existing questions for this round before selecting a new one.
Show the title graphic.
Explain to the contestants that a pair of questions will be asked at a time. The answers for the questions rhyme. This is a buzzer round, and a contestant scores one point if they are the first to buzz in with the correct answer to BOTH questions.
There are no categories for this round.
Each question comes with three images/slides. Open the first, containing the first question, and read it out. Then open the second, which adds the second question, and read that out. The third contains the answers to both questions, so only open that after a contestant has answered correctly, or if no one can answer it.
The round has a very simple flow of asking questions and receiving answers until all questions in the round have been asked and answered.
If a contestant buzzes in with the wrong answer then they are not penalised but are locked out from answering the question again.
The category is announced.
A question is asked that describes something in that category but with one letter CHANGED (e.g. Hololive -> Yololive).
Each player gets asked a question in turn, no buzzer, and if they get it right they get a point. If they answer it incorrectly or not at all, the other three can buzz in to take the point instead.
The category is announced.
A question is asked that describes something in that category but with one letter ADDED (e.g. Hololive -> HoleOlive).
Each player gets asked a question in turn, no buzzer, and if they get it right they get a point. If they answer it incorrectly or not at all, the other three can buzz in to take the point instead.
A difficult "highbrow" question is asked and answered. A second, more accessible "lowbrow" question is then asked and answered. The known twist is that both questions have the same answer.
Each player gets asked a pair of questions in turn, no buzzer. It goes down the line twice, for eight pairs of questions in total. If they get it right after the second question they get a point. If they get it right on both questions they get two points. If after the second question they answer it incorrectly or not at all, the other three can buzz in to take one point instead.
The category is announced.
A statement is presented that describes something in that category. The statement also includes some text in UPPER CASE. The upper case text is an anagram of the answer.
Each player gets asked a question in turn, no buzzer, and if they get it right they get a point. If they answer it incorrectly or not at all, the other three can buzz in to take the point instead.
Round 2
Please clear existing questions for this round before selecting a new one.
Pairs round. Buzzer round.
A question is asked. Anyone can buzz in to answer the question. If they get the answer wrong only someone from the other pair can buzz in.
If they get the answer right, their partner has to spell the answer. If they can't spell it correctly, it is NOT offered to the other pair.
Both members of the pair get a point if they get the answer and spell it correctly.
Pairs round. Preshow questions.
Before the quiz, each contestant is given a prompt (the prompts are what show as the answers on the website), and they need to give a hint for it using only 10 or fewer emojis. They can't use the letter emojis in their hints for obvious entertainment reasons: as quizmaster you'll have to police what you qualify as "no silly buggers".
In the quiz, the category all of these prompts came from is announced. Each player is then shown the emoji clue that their partner gave. Their partner must not give any hints while they answer (uncomfortable squirming is encouraged).
Both members of the pair score a point if the correct answer is given. This is NOT offered to the other pair if they get it wrong, but it's usually fun to ask if they know what it might be anyway.
Show the title graphic.
First, announce that this is a pairs round (assuming you're running it this way) and that the player in last place gets to choose their partner. If last place is tied, you choose who gets to pick.
Once the pairs are decided, explain that they'll have to make their best estimates on questions with numeric answers and the pair whose AVERAGE is closer to the actual answer gets a point.
Each question has just two images/slides: question and answer.
Start by showing and reading the question.
This is a tablet round, so all of the contestants secretly writes their answer to the question at the same time.
Once written, ask the contestants to reveal their answers one at a time (ideally in a different order each question). This gives them a chance to explain their reasoning, which can be funny if someone is miles out. This also gives you the time to open a calculator and calculate the pairs' averages.
Confirm the two pairs' averages, ideally onscreen somewhere.
Reveal the answer. Confirm which average is closer. Both members of that pair gain a point.
Rinse and repeat with the remaining questions.
Note: if it would be helpful, a custom tool can be added to the website where you can paste in the four contestants' answers and the actual answer and it tells you what the averages are and which one is closer.
Pairs round. Pre show questions.
Before the quiz, each contestant is shown one full set of prompts (the answer and the three statements with a blank, NOT the example correct words to complete the blanks).
The contestant fills in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. The intent is that they may know a lot or next to nothing about the prompt and the answers given can be funny either way.
In the quiz itself, the category is announced. Each player is given the prompts that had been given to their partner, and then the words that their partner supplied to complete them. Their partner must not give hints while they try and answer, but uncomfortable squirming is almost guaranteed.
If they get the answer correct, both members of the pair get a point. It is NOT passed to the other pair if they get it wrong.
The example correct answers can be used after the question has been answered to suggest what their partner could/should have written.
Round 3
Please clear existing questions for this round before selecting a new one.
Each question contains four items that are all examples of the same category. The twist is that all of the vowels have been swapped with other vowels (e.g. HOLOLIVE -> HULULAVO).
The items are slowly revealed one at a time. Contestants can buzz in at any point, and the first one to do so that can name the category they belong to gets a point.
After someone gets it right, all of the items are shown in their unswapped forms as well as the category they belong to.
Buzzer round.
A category is announced.
A short statement is presented, which describes an answer in that category. The initials of that hint are also the same initials of the answer (e.g. Makes Cringecore both describes Mori Calliope and has the initials MC).
First to buzz in with the right answer gets a point.
Show the title graphic.
Explain to the contestants that they'll be shown a category and each question will be a hint for something in that category. The catch here is that the hint is the exact opposite of the answer. This is a buzzer round, so make it clear that it's fastest finger first.
There is no image/slide announcing the category itself (it's listed on each of the questions), so to avoid complications with buzzers, announce what the upcoming category is before opening the first image for it.
Each question has just two images/slides: the question and the answer.
Open the question. Read the question (usually just a couple of words).
Open the answer when a contestant gets the answer right, or if no one answers correctly.
If a contestant buzzes in with the wrong answer then they are not penalised but are locked out from answering that particular question again.
Rinse and repeat with the rest of the questions. Be aware of when you're about to change from one category to another so you can announce it.
Please note that the hints can use some lateral thinking for things that don't have an obvious natural opposite and you will always get some people upset that some of them aren't actually opposites, but you will see the logic (and fun) of how they're set up to make contestants think in the right direction even in some really weird situations.
Buzzer round.
A category is announced.
Questions are asked. The answers will be in that category and will have at least one verb in them (even if they're not intended to be a verb in the answer itself).
The first contestant to buzz in and give the answer but changing the verbs to the past tense (e.g. if the answer was Hololive the correct answer is Hololived) gets a point.
Buzzer round.
Going down the line of contestants, two questions are asked for which they know in advance that the answer will be included in the letters of that contestant's name.
The first to buzz in with the correct answer gets a point. If the contestant whose name it is gets it right, they get two points instead.
If you're running this round, you'll need to keep refreshing each category until you get the right four contestants.
Round 4
Please clear existing questions for this round before selecting a new one.
Show the title graphic.
Explain to the contestants that the answers for this round will be dates. They're not expected to know the answer, but whoever gets closest will get the point.
Each question has just two images/slides: the question and the answer.
Start by showing the question and reading it.
This is a tablet round, so all of the contestants secretly write their answers to the question at the same time.
Once all of the answers are written, ask the contestants to reveal their guesses one at a time, with a chance to explain their reasoning. Ideally, change the order they reveal in question to question.
This also gives you time to work out which guess is closest.
Once all of the guesses have been revealed, show the answer.
Whoever guessed closest to the actual date wins a point. If they get it exactly right they instead score two points.
Note: It'll usually be easy to tell which answer is closest, but if it's useful a custom tool can be added to the website where you can add the answer and the guesses and be told which is closest.
Round 5
Please clear existing questions for this round before selecting a new one.
Show the title graphic.
Explain to the contestants that this is buzzer round played in categories. A question is asked and a picture is shown below it at the same time. The question could be anything but the picture will relate to the category.
The answer to the question and the content of the picture will overlap like a portmanteau, which is called answersmashing. e.g. if the answer to the question was Hololive and the picture was of Livestreaming, the portmanteau would be Hololivestreaming.
It's also important that you let the contestants know that unlike any other round, if you buzz in and give a wrong/no answer you LOSE a point in addition to being locked out from answering it again. This is to raise the stakes for the final round.
There are no images for categories, so announce the category name before the first question appears to save buzzer time.
Each question has just two images/slides: one for the question and the picture, and one with the answer overlaid.
Show the question and image. Read the question. There shouldn't be a need to reference the picture.
Show the answer after a contestant buzzes in with the right answer, or if no one can answer.
Rinse and repeat with the rest of the questions, keeping an eye out for when the category changes to announce it in advance.
In the actual TV show, the round runs for two full categories and only goes as far into the third category as it needs to quietly break the tie for first place. I'd recommend you do all but the final question, and if you find you have a tie then use the final question as a tiebreaker.
If there is a tie for first place at this point, this is a sudden death situation. Only those tied for first can answer the tiebreaker question. If the first to buzz answers correctly they gain a point and win, but if they get it wrong they lose a point and the other player wins.