King Solomon's Trivia Challenge (PC)

This game is pretty fun, and with the wise cracking announcer, it’s similar to the "You Don’t Know Jack" series. However, it has a completely different point system. In single player, after the question is asked, your total available points quickly decreases until you answer the question, so think fast!  If you get a question wrong, the amount you would have won is subtracted from your score.  There’s a random question multiplier that appears for a few seconds, and if you press your action key in time, you can double or triple the question's value. This is essential if you want your name to be recorded in the hall of fame!  The multiplayer operates in a similar fashion, but everyone shares the keyboard and must press their key first to get a chance to answer the question.

There are eight unlockable characters available to you as you play the game. They make comments as you answer questions, and you can use unique taunts to distract other players in multiplayer mode. To keep things fair, most of the unlockables require all of the players in a multiplayer game to have a certain number of points to enable it.

The little girl and boy voices are cute, but they are hard to understand at times.  The announcer is better in this version, but some of the comments are pushing it a bit in my opinion.  For example, if you get a question wrong he may say "I don’t know where you pulled that answer from but I bet it wasn’t sanitary."  There is also a snake question with reference to the movie Snakes on a Plane (no he didn’t use THAT line).  I think this game is safe and fun for people of all ages, but I just noticed they pushed the envelope a little further this time around. 

New features include new voiceovers and the graphics got overhauled a little bit.  While the interface is the same, the questions now have animated backgrounds behind them, and they look good without pushing up the minimum system requirements by much.  

 

The only glitch I ran into was installing this game.  I had to bypass the auto-running setup.exe and install the game via the install.exe instead.  Other than that, it ran great.  

If you’re a fan of the "You Don’t Know Jack" series and are looking for a fun way to test your Bible knowledge, look no further than King Solomon’s Trivia Challenge. It’s priced at a reasonable $19.95, but I have seen it as low as $4.99.