Let the next subject surprise you
A mixed quiz can jump from geography to film, from a familiar animal to a piece of history. That variety is the appeal: you do not need to be a specialist in everything to enjoy finding out which details have stayed with you.
Tidbit has over 12,000 questions and thirty subjects, with traditional trivia, Higher or Lower, ranked 1v1 and parties. For a simple general knowledge break, begin with traditional Freeplay from Home and choose subjects that make you want to answer the next question.
Build a round around your curiosity
- Start from Home and choose Trivia Freeplay.
- Use Subjects to choose what you want to play. Mix familiar subjects with a few you are curious about.
- Choose a comfortable difficulty. Start relaxed if you want a light break; change it when you want a different challenge.
- Decide how much time you have. Keep it to a few questions or choose another game format when you want a longer session.
In the computer preview below, Subjects sits in the right sidebar. Use it to select the named subjects in any of the mixes below; these are suggestions for your selection, not a separate pack to download.
Five different mixes to try
- For a map-minded round: Geography, World Cultures and Architecture & Landmarks.
- For an evening of familiar favorites: Film & TV, Music and Games.
- For curiosity about the world around you: Animals, Plants and Environment.
- For big questions and older stories: History, Philosophy and Mythology & Religion.
- For inventions and how things work: Technology, Engineering and Inventions & Discoveries.
These are suggested subject combinations, not separate game modes or curated question packs. Pick them in Subjects and change the mix whenever you want something else.
The map-minded mix
Geography has over 1,000 questions, from flags, country outlines and capitals to rivers, lakes, mountains, islands and US states. World Cultures adds festivals and holidays, traditional dress, folk dance and music, and national symbols. Architecture & Landmarks brings the pyramids, the Colosseum and the Taj Mahal, great cathedrals and famous bridges.
Try each one alone first: geography trivia, world cultures trivia and landmarks trivia.
The familiar favorites mix
Film & TV covers Best Picture winners, famous film lines, Disney classics, superheroes, Star Wars, Middle-earth and Harry Potter, plus TV dramas, sitcoms and sci-fi. Music runs from jazz greats and classical composers to rock and pop bands and famous albums. Games covers Nintendo worlds, consoles and arcade classics, chess and modern board games.
Each has its own page: movie and TV trivia, music trivia and games trivia.
The natural world mix
Animals takes in big cats and bears, whales and sharks, birds and insects, and the animal world’s record breakers. Plants covers flowers and pollination, seeds and fruits, trees, and the plants that give us cotton, rubber and paper. Environment adds climate and the carbon cycle, rainforests and oceans, and conservation. It is a good mix for any group, since everyone has seen a bird, a tree and a rain cloud.
Start with animal trivia, plant trivia or environment trivia.
The big questions mix
History runs from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome through empires and dynasties to both World Wars and the Cold War. Philosophy brings Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, the Stoics, thinkers from China and India, and famous thought experiments. Mythology & Religion covers Greek, Norse and Egyptian gods, heroes and monsters, and Hindu and Buddhist traditions.
Try history trivia, philosophy trivia and mythology trivia on their own.
The how-things-work mix
Technology covers early computers, the internet and the web, programming languages, smartphones, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Engineering takes on bridges and structures, gears and simple machines, circuits and the power grid. Inventions & Discoveries adds the telephone and radio, life-saving medicines, and the chemical elements and who found them. It suits anyone who takes things apart to see how they work.
Each has a page of its own: technology trivia, engineering trivia and inventions trivia.
Make your own mix
- Pair a subject you know well with one you do not.
- Add one subject you have never tried.
- Keep it to two or three subjects so the round has a theme.
- Leave Image questions on for flags, outlines and famous faces.
- Change the mix when it stops surprising you.
There are 30 subjects in all, so there are plenty of mixes beyond these five.
How long is a break?
A break can be five questions or fifty. Freeplay lets you stop after any question, so you decide when the break is over, not the game. Prefer a fixed length? Timed modes and ten-question modes come with Premium.
Mixes for a group
Playing with friends? A mix works in a party too: the host chooses the subjects before the game starts. Pick one subject from each person’s favorites, and everyone gets a turn on home ground.
Choose the kind of break you want
Stay in Freeplay for a relaxed session. Compare Modes when you want a specific challenge, or plan a trivia night for a shared game with friends. To play in a small window in the corner of your screen, see how Minimize works.
Traditional Freeplay and Higher or Lower Freeplay are free. There are no ads, and no download or sign-up is needed to start. Premium unlocks additional modes. Tidbit is for ages 13 and above, without a kids-only content filter.
There is no score you need to achieve to justify a little curiosity. Open a question, make your choice and see where the next subject takes you.
By the team making Tidbit. Questions or a correction? Get in touch.
