Buzz!: The Hollywood Quiz is the fifth installment in the Buzz!

Buzz!

Buzz! is a series of video games originated by Sleepydog Ltd., developed by Relentless Software and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable consoles. They are quiz games that see the players answering trivia questions while...

series of video games developed for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 by Relentless Software

Relentless Software

Relentless Software is a British video game company formed in 2003 that is based in Brighton. Following Relentless’ first title, DJ: Decks & FX it developed 12 games in the Buzz! franchise with over 10 million units sold in more than 15 languages...

. Players have to answer questions asked by the quiz master (the eponymous Buzz) using the four Buzz! remote controls.

There are two games available in the single player mode, which are Time Builder, where answering questions will gain time in the final round, and Hotseat, where players must answer as many questions as they can, using the time they accumulated in Round 1. To gain points, players must bank when appropriate. If they get a question wrong, they lose all the points they did not bank.

Hollywood Stars

Similar to 'Point Picker', Players choose a category on a big wheel to determine the next questions to be asked. Then each player answers the question to earn points.

Fastest Finger

A photo clue appears on screen players have then have to buzz in with the correct answer as quickly as possible. The less time taken to answer, the more points that are awarded to the player.

Fact or Fiction

The players are presented with a "true or false" type question. They then have to answer accordingly.

Top Rank

Players put four answers into the correct order as fast as they can to score points. When all players have made a selection, the correct order is revealed. Points are awarded based on speed of answering.

Pie Fight

The first contestant to answer a question correctly wins the chance to throw a cream pie at an opponent. Any player hit by a pie loses one of their two lives. Points are awarded in reverse order of elimination i.e. the last person to be eliminated wins more points than the person who was first to be eliminated.

Rollover

Contestants get to choose a category to answer questions from. The contestant with the lowest score chooses first, followed by the contestant with the next lowest score. When the questions arrive, if a player gets one of their questions wrong, the points they could have won are put into a kitty. The next contestant to answer a question correctly will pick up all of the points in the kitty generated by other players wrong answers.

Point Stealer

A picture, a question and some possible answers are slowly revealed. Players must buzz in when they think they know the answer. If the answer is right, they get to steal 500 points from an opponent. If it's wrong, they are eliminated from the round.

The Final Countdown

The points that players have amassed during the previous rounds are converted into bars of time which gradually tick down. Answering a question correctly temporarily halts the countdown, but when a player's bar ticks down to zero, they are eliminated from the competition. Bonus time is awarded for quick answers, extra time is removed for incorrect quick answers. The object of the round is to be the last contestant standing, thus becoming the overall winner of Buzz!: The Hollywood Quiz.

External links

• Official site
• U.S. Website
• Relentless Software
• Sleepydog Ltd