Real Time Trivia Match with Audience Votes and Rewards

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a trivia game in which a first contestant is able to create a trivia question and them posit a putative answer to the question. Audience members can then vote as to whether or not the putative answer is correct or incorrect. A reward may be distributed to some members of the audience based on the results of the vote.

1 . A trivia game comprising:
 a digital database of trivia content that is electronically accessible to a group of participants, the group of participants including one or more contestants;   a question related to the digital database, wherein the question was created by a first contestant;   at least one answer identified by a contestant as being the answer to the question; and   a participant voting mechanism whereby participants can vote on whether the answer identified by the contestant was correct or incorrect.   
   
   
       2 . The trivia game of  claim 1  wherein the contestant providing the answer to the question is the first contestant. 
   
   
       3 . The trivia game of  claim 1  wherein the contestant providing the answer to the question is a second, different contestant. 
   
   
       4 . The trivia game of  claim 1  further comprising a reward distribution mechanism configured to distribute rewards to participants based on their votes. 
   
   
       5 . The trivia game of  claim 4  further comprising a reward database configured to maintain information related to the rewards associated with each participant. 
   
   
       6 . The trivia game of  claim 5  wherein each participant has a reward account that can be accessed by the reward distribution mechanism. 
   
   
       7 . The trivia game of  claim 6  wherein the reward distributed to each of the participants is taken from the first or second contestant's reward account. 
   
   
       8 . The trivia game of  claim 1  further comprising a contestant selection mechanism configured to select the first contestant from the group of participants. 
   
   
       9 . The trivia game of  claim 8  wherein the contestant selection mechanism selects the first contestant based on a set of criteria. 
   
   
       10 . A method comprising:
 providing a digital database of trivia content that is electronically accessible to a group of participants, the group of participants including one or more contestants;   allowing a first contestant to create a question related to the trivia content in the digital database;   receiving an answer to the question from a contestant; and   receiving votes from the participants as to whether the answer is correct or incorrect.   
   
   
       11 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the contestant providing the answer to the question is the first contestant. 
   
   
       12 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the contestant providing the answer to the question is a second, different, contestant. 
   
   
       13 . The method of  claim 10  further comprising distributing a reward to at least some of the participants based their votes. 
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the reward is distributed to those participants whose vote was in the majority. 
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 receiving an answer to the question from the first contestant;   receiving a wager from the first contestant;   distributing the wager of the first contestant to the participants if the majority vote determines that the answer provided by the first contestant was incorrect.   
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 15  further comprising:
 receiving a wager from a second contestant;   distributing the wager of the second contestant to the participants if the majority vote determines that the answer provided by the first contestant was correct.   
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the digital database is accessible via an Internet. 
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the group of participants is comprised of any person who is able to access the digital database via the Internet. 
   
   
       19 . The method of  claim 10  wherein the group of participants is comprised of a broadcast audience. 
   
   
       20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein the group of participants is comprised of audience members who are accessible via a portable electronic device.