Over here at Triviala HQ, our talents are endless. Not only are we the largest online trivia website in the UK, where users can make their own quizzes, play against friends in trivia tournaments, play word, puzzle and trivia games AND win HUGE cash prizes….we also can tuck under our belt hosts of the first ever Triviala Quiz Night.

A few weeks backs we got involved with the IAA (International Advertising Association) with our very own Wade McElwain hosting the funnest night in town, a live and interactive Triviala Quiz Night. With games such as Celebrity Mug Shots, Guess the Song Music Mash and even a large and live version of our newest game Face Off it was a great success, with teams fighting it out to become the Triviala Quiz champions. So a big shout out to the winners…. CNN!!

Check out the FANTASTIC video below to see how the night unravelled:

Other news this week, it seems our DAILY HOT TOPIC quizzes have been keeping you all occupied over the last few weeks. Glad you like them all!

Fun facts for this week:

1st most played quiz- DAILY HOT TOPIC: Star Trek with 2356 plays

2nd most played quiz- DAILY HOT TOPIC: Doctor Who with 1960

3rd most played quiz- DAILY HOT TOPIC: Sex and the City with 1839 plays

Our cracking top player of the week goes to….

Prekat who played a HUGE 89 quizzes. You’ve got yourself 50 crowns!

And big claps all round to everyone who helped play all 22,013 quizzes this week….you clever bunch!!

Another Bank Holiday weekend over, how was everyone’s? Can you all beleive it’s June already?!

To cheer you up on this rainy, miserable day let me tell you about our GREAT new game featured on the site:

Our groovy new game will test only the best as you play against others in various tournament modes.

Before you get started, you get to choose a funky outfit for your character be it a crazy Elvis impersonating glittery all in one or a colourful jazzy playsuit for the ladies!

Once you’re in there’s SO much to do. You can play loads of free games, play for crowns and check this out,  you can participate in an on the hour EVERY hour tournament against others with the winner winning a HUGE 50 crowns!

You can play amongst your friends and people from all over the world, what’s more you can even invite as many of your friends to play too!

COMING SOON: Win cash prizes in the hourly tournaments. Crowns AND cash?! What more could you want…

Sound good?? Then give FACEOFF a whirl now and show all your mates how much YOU know!!

Another bleak weekend with NO SUN, will we ever see summer?! Fingers crossed…

So here’s something to brighten up your day, some fun facts about the latest Triviala going on’s!

With all the General Election build up and madness from last week, our new feature DAILY HOT TOPIC quiz seems to be working a treat with you guys.

In at the top spot with a MASSIVE 1662 plays last week, was our quiz on the UK General Election made by Boodle himself!  See, politics isn’t always boring!

It looks like there’s some wannabe Del boy’s and Rodney Trotter’s on here too as in at 2nd place was the  Ello Me Old China quiz by wallpaul who wanted to test your cockney rhyming slang… can you adam and eve it?!

Taking 3rd place was wizard999’s tricky but playful quiz on Celebrity Occupations. Do you know your Christopher Plummer from your Peter Cooke? Get playing now and bump those numbers sky high!

Every week our number of UGC quiz plays are going up and up. Last week saw our highest yet, are you ready??

19,103 quizzes were played last week by you Triviala players! Keep up the good work

You might recognise our player of the week, as this lady won 2 weeks ago…

surreygirl

who played a total number of 183 quizzes last week.

50 crowns are coming your way!

Not forgetting our latest £500 Jackpot winner, Lorraine Marshall (deltic):

Deltic won on St. Patricks Day…luck of the Irish eh?!

The sun is out and shining over here at Triviala HQ so what better day than this to say a big CONGRATULATIONS to yet another one of our £500 Jackpot winners!

So everyone, a big congrats to Julie Stone (ceejaystone) who has sent us in a lovely photo of herself and the coveted cheque…

Fancy being in with a chance to win 500 quid?! Then keep playing Triviala, the more crowns you earn the more you can enter into all our prize draws.

We’ve got loads going on at Triviala right now, new and improved Crossword game, battleships style game Pirate Wars and our new multiplayer quiz game QuizWiz on Facebook.

Fancy earning yourself some more crowns? Then check this out…

Each day you login to Triviala you’ll automatically get 10 Crowns! On top of that, if you login everyday for a week you’ll get aditional bonus of 20 Crowns AND if you login everyday for a month you get another extra 100 Crowns! So what are you waiting for?! Go earn some crowns simply by having fun!

The British role model has been in a severe decline, it was revealed yesterday.

A massive 67% of people considered John Terry and Tiger Woods as perfect public figures before their recent alleged scandals were revealed.

Now, a staggering 86% of Brits regard them as terrible role models for the younger generation.

Another 76% of Brits polled felt that high profile divorces/separations represented bad examples of the morals of marriage and family values. High profile cheating allegations are dissolving the traditions of trust and faithfulness.

For younger Britons, being exposed to a quick divorce in the public limelight conceals the large financial reality of ending a marriage through British courts. The average cost of ending a marriage is around £13,000.

The poll of over 1000 people across the UK, conducted by online quiz site triviala.com revealed over 90% people believe too much emphasis is put on the wrong type of celebrities such as the likes of Pete Doherty, Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse are more often than not in the limelight for the wrong reasons.

83% of people thought Reality TV stars shouldn’t be considered celebrities.

In addition to this, 89% of the public showed their frustration that these individuals were becoming famous due to their likeability factors rather than having actual talent to inspire the younger generation with.

An astonishing 93% of people polled believed today’s celebrities are encouraging young people to succeed via quick wins instead of forging long-term careers.

An additional 91% of adults surveyed believe the younger society are unaware of the real pressures of fame and success which often lead to either breakdowns, bankruptcy or substance abuse.

A surprising 90% stated that their perceptions of MPs being bad role models didn’t change regardless of the recent expense scandal. Its interesting to discover these hugely influential individuals are seen as such bad figures in our society.

Supposed role models don’t realise their importance and influential power they have on the younger generation including fans, youth and the general public. They become inconsiderate of how much they are valued and looked up to for direction and aspirations.

As a nation, it is collectively our duty to set the correct example to ensure our younger members of society can decipher right from wrong and keep traditional British values alive.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the survey, we really appreciate it!

The US actress Brittany Murphy collapsed at home in Los Angeles and was pronounced dead upon arrival at Cedars Sinai medical Center.  The star aged 32 is reported to have died from a heart attack.

She was found unconscious in the shower at her home which she shared with her husband British–born screenwriter Simon Monjack. Although the official cause of death is yet to be determined, the star seems to have died from natural causes.

Murphy starred in films such 8 mile, Clueless, Sin city and Don’t Say a word. Her family have said in a statement “She was our daughter, our wife, our love and a shining star. We ask you to respect our privacy at this time.”

Murphy’s ex-boyfriend Ashton Kutcher who co-starred with her in ‘Just Married’ paid tribute to her on twitter saying  “2day the world has lost a little piece of sunshine.”

Other celebrities have also paid their respects including Hillary Duff who wrote “RIP Brittany Murphy forever in our hearts”. Jessica Simpson also said “Brittany Murphy was an incredible ray of light to so many people. Her smile was contagious.”

Congratulations today to two more of our players, sjwilshaw and toshko12, who’ve each netted the £500 prize in recent weeks. Toshko12 looks especially happy!

Congratulations today to bjacobi, who’s the latest Jackpot winner to send us a photo of herself with her £500 cheque.

We’re sure you’ll all be glad to hear that we’re no longer charging £1 for withdrawing any Triviala winnings via Click & Buy. Jackpot winners of £500 have always received the full amount, but winners of the £15 Triviala prize or the £20 Question of the Day have, until now, had £1 deducted per claim. Starting from yesterday, 28th July 09, all new claims for the prizes won’t be subject to this charge.  While these £1 deductions covered our Click & Buy fees, we’re now going to cover the cost ourselves. So good luck – we’re sure you’ll all be happy to hear that your prizes won’t be eaten into with fees charges!

Playing Triviala can be a profitable hobby. As well as the chance of the £500 weekly prize, many users have won our smaller prizes many times over. Look at this:

Triviala Draw

angie_7475 and sgjenning have both won 8 times, earning £120 each. Shaman has won 7 times, earning £105, and six other users have won 6 times each, earning £85 or £90.

Jackpot

None of you have yet won the Jackpot more than once, but we are happy to say that 19 of you have already been paid winnings of either £2000 (when we did one monthly draw) or £500 (since we’ve been awarding the prize weekly).

Question of the Day

Both Frenchsev and helentrue have won this prize 3 times each, making a profit of £60. Many more of you have won it twice- congratulations to Perry, MsTink and Bella97 to name just a handful.

Quickfire

Quickfire awards not cash but crowns to enter the draws to the top 10 players. To enter Quickfire, players need to play each day for a week (beginning Sunday), and at the end prize crowns are distributed according to points earned. Congratulations then to raydar48 and bilko37, who have both ranked in the Top 10 an incredible 18 times, earning 1830 and 1630 crowns each. Congratulations also to PhilipJ, Caughoo and Battleship, who have all earned over 1000 crowns each by playing Quickfire.

Good luck to you all,

Boodle