Q: Do I have to post to Facebook to get on the global leaderboard?
A: Yes.

Q: What's the scoring here?
A: +1 point per right answer, -2 points per wrong answer.

Q: Why so punitive?
A: Otherwise you could aim for the global leaderboard by just spam clicking, since variance is proportional to the square root of clicks. An ordinary human being could get +40 2.5% of the time by clicking 400 times in 66 seconds, which would be a very good score on hard mode.

Q: Why does skipping invalidate my posting to the global leaderboard?
A: Otherwise you could just skip to the questions which you know the answers to. That's not really the point of the global leaderboard.

Q: Why doesn't it invalidate posting to my own iPhone's leaderboard?
A: It's a free country. You can do what you want. (DISCLAIMER: The preceding sentence should not be interpreted as condoning murder, genocide, or, god forbid, illegal file sharing.)

Q: I have a great idea for a question type! How do I get it in the system?
A: That's great! Send email to blitz66@rubidiumsoftware.com.

Q: Are your sources reliable?
A: All data is sourced from Wikipedia and is the most recent as of 2011. This isn't good enough for a court of law, but it's good enough for me.

Q: How exactly do you measure "most famous" by Google hits?
A: Except in the cases where there is stuff in parentheses, we just search for whatever's in the box, in quotes. In cases where there are multiple things with the same name (e.g. "Phoenix"), we won't use that object in "most famous" questions. These questions are a snapshot as of early 2011.

Q: Obviously John F. Kennedy was president before he was assassinated, you idiot.
A: That's not a question.

Q: Why isn't the answer to my question on here?
A: I don't know. Send e-mail to blitz66@rubidiumsoftware.com.

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