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Abstract

A quiz game in which a player must attempt to answer one or more questions in a selected category employs a method for selecting the category to enhance the fairness of the game over a wide range of players' ages. At least one attribute of the category is selected by chance and at least one other attribute of the category is selected based on an individual preference of the player, wherein the selected category is defined by all of the selected attributes. Basing the category selection at least in part on the individual preference of the player increases the player's chances of correctly answering the question(s). Such a category selection method may be beneficially employed in an audio quiz game (e.g., a music trivia game) that includes a source of categorized questions and answers, an audio playing device that can selectively access and play pre-stored audio clips, and one or more selectors for selecting the by-chance attribute(s) of the category. The audio quiz game preferably utilizes an audio playing device that receives the category attributes, automatically retrieves the corresponding audio clip based on the entered attributes, and plays the clip at the instruction of the player. The game may be implemented as a discrete set of game components, or electronically as a hand-held game unit or as software to facilitate play between remote computer users over a network, such as the Internet.

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