Patent ID: 7762557

Claim:
A method of playing a trivia game, said method comprising the steps of: (a) announcing, by at least one of radio, phone, TV and Internet, each of a registration period and a predetermined telephone number to members of general public; (b) dialing, by said members of said general public by way of said at least one of a phone, mobile communication device and Internet, said predetermined telephone number announced in step (a); (c) registering a plurality of players from said members of said general public, dialing said predetermined telephone number by way of said at least one of a phone, mobile communication device and Internet, to participate in said trivia game; (d) establishing telephone connections between said plurality of players and a network computer; (e) saving each distinct telephone number identifying a respective one of said plurality of players registered in step (c) to a database; (f) providing a clue to said plurality of players; (g) receiving, at said network computer by way of said phone connections, a numeric value representing an answer from each player participating in said trivia game; (h) terminating a telephone connection between said network computer and each player associated with an incorrect answer received in step (g); (i) maintaining a telephone connection with each player associated with a correct answer received in step (g); and (j) repeating steps (f) through (i) until one of only one player who provided correct answers remains before said trivia game ended, at least one player who provided correct answers remains when said trivia game ended and all players registered in step (c) have been eliminated before said trivia game ended.