Scoring, Ties, and Progress
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Trivia Tussle uses mode-specific scoring. Classic Quiz rewards correct speed within a ten-second answer window; Daily Challenge gives a fixed 100 points per correct answer; Survival Run emphasizes the streak before the first miss. A number only makes sense when you know which mode produced it.
Classic Quiz Formula
Points for one question = whole seconds remaining × 10, but only when the selected answer is correct and the attempt has not timed out. The value is clamped between 0 and the ten-second window, so a normal question awards 0–100 points.
Example: a correct answer with 7 seconds remaining earns 70 points. A correct answer with 2 seconds remaining earns 20. A wrong answer at any speed earns 0. Ten instant correct answers would total 1,000 points.
Daily Challenge Formula
Daily points = correct answers × 100. Timing is stored for the attempt, but the published daily point total is based on correctness. Six correct answers produce 600 points; ten produce the 1,000-point maximum. Completion also has a configured 500 XP award.
Freebie and Other Power-ups
A Freebie records the current question as correct and awards 100 points. Time Freeze and Fifty-Fifty change the answering conditions but do not create a separate score multiplier. The completed result still totals the earned points stored for each question.
Shared Results and Ties
Shared Quiz stores the owner’s per-question results and compares them with the recipient’s completed play. If both point totals are equal, the outcome is a tie. Correct-answer counts and review rows provide context, but the current shared-result winner field is points-based.
Survival Run and Rankings
Survival Run ends on the first miss, so a longer correct streak is the core achievement. Leaderboard, XP, coin, and progression displays are separate from the ten-question score formula and may update after a result is saved.
Why a Result Can Be Pending
A score shown locally may still be submitting. Shared comparisons remain pending until the required play data exists. If a save fails, the app shows an error or retry path; it does not award missing server-side progress merely because a results screen was opened.
Compare Equal Accuracy at Different Speeds
| Recorded seconds on correct rows | Wrong rows | Classic points |
|---|---|---|
| 9, 8, 8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 1 | 2 | 460 |
| 10 on every correct row | 2 | 800 |
| 1 on every correct row | 2 | 80 |
Calculate and Audit a Result
For a completed Classic result, multiply each correct row’s whole seconds remaining by ten, assign zero to each wrong or timed-out row, and add the visible per-question values. Their sum should match the displayed point total.
Do not infer Daily points with the Classic formula. Daily uses correct answers × 100, and Survival emphasizes the streak. The mode comparison above keeps those summaries separate.