Guess Their Answer
Guess Their Answer
Guess Their Answer asks a question and then does not want the right answer. It wants the popular one.
That distinction is the whole game and it takes a round or two to internalise. Asked to name a fruit, the accurate response is whichever fruit you thought of. The winning response is the one a hall full of strangers would have thought of, which is almost always the most ordinary option available.
Rounds run three questions across different topics, against an opponent whose progress you can see. Watching them miss is part of it: knowing they have stumbled tells you when a safe answer is enough and when you need to gamble.
- A question appears, such as naming something in a broad category.
- Type the answer you believe most people would give.
- Popular answers score, and the audience swings behind you.
- Each round has three questions on different topics.
- Watch your opponent's progress to judge when to play safe.
How to play Guess Their Answer
Thinking about the crowd
The instinct to be interesting is what loses this game. If a question asks you to name a colour, the answer is blue or red, not teal.
The useful mental move is to ask what the first thing that came to mind was, before you rejected it for being obvious. That rejected answer is usually the scoring one.
Reading the opponent
Because you can see when your opponent misses, you always know whether you are ahead. Ahead means take the safe, boring, high frequency answer. Behind means you need something the crowd said that your opponent did not, which is a different and riskier kind of guess.
For a similar exercise built on search data, Google Feud is here, and the rest are on the quiz page.
Tips and strategy
Answering
- Say the first thing that comes to mind. It is far more likely to be a popular answer than anything you arrive at by thinking.
- Prefer short and common. Long or specific answers are rarely what a crowd produces.
- Match the register of the question. A playful question gets playful answers from a crowd, a plain one gets plain answers.
Managing the match
- When you are ahead, take the safest available answer every time. There is no bonus for style.
- When you are behind, look for the second most obvious answer rather than an exotic one. The crowd's second choice still scores, an original thought usually does not.
- Do not spend time deliberating. Long consideration pushes you away from the obvious answer, which is exactly the wrong direction.
Traps
- Answering correctly instead of popularly.
- Being clever. Cleverness is the single biggest source of zero point answers.
- Ignoring the opponent's progress, which tells you whether to play safe or gamble.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Guess Their Answer about being correct?
No. It rewards the answer most people would give, which is often not the most accurate or interesting one.
How many questions are in a round?
Three, on different topics.
Can I see how my opponent is doing?
Yes, and it matters. Knowing whether you are ahead tells you whether to take the safe obvious answer or gamble on a less common one.
What is the most common mistake?
Being clever. Original answers almost never match what a crowd says, and the first thing that came to mind is usually the scoring answer.
Is it free?
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