Working draft — pending attorney review. These rules have not been reviewed by legal counsel. Bracketed items are placeholders.

KC Trivia Challenge

Official Rules

Effective date: [To be completed — pending legal review]

KC Trivia Challenge is a free, timed, skill-based Kansas City trivia competition, normally 10 multiple-choice questions. Scores stay hidden while a challenge is live. The most correct answers wins.

1. Sponsor / Operator

KC Trivia Challenge is operated by: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Address: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Contact: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Individual prize providers are described in Section 15 and are not the operator unless stated.

2. No Purchase Necessary

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. KC Trivia Challenge is intended to be free to play.

This language may be revised following legal review.

3. Eligibility

Minimum age: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Geographic eligibility: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Residency requirements: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Employees, owners, and contractors: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Immediate family and household members: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

4. Challenge Period

Each challenge has a defined start date and time and a defined closing date and time. Central Time (CT) is the controlling timezone for every challenge. Entries not completed before the closing time are not eligible.

Specific dates for each challenge are published on that challenge’s page and in its challenge-specific details.

5. How to Enter

  1. Start the current challenge on the KC Trivia Challenge website.
  2. Answer each timed question.
  3. Answers lock as soon as they are selected.
  4. Questions cannot be revisited once you move on.
  5. Complete the challenge.
  6. Provide your email address and verify it using the link sent to you. Verification is required for prize eligibility.
  7. Your entry must satisfy all eligibility requirements in these Official Rules.
  8. Only one eligible entry is permitted per person per challenge.

6. Question Timers

Each question may have its own time limit, shown when the question appears. If time expires before an answer is submitted, the question is treated as unanswered.

Leaving the page, switching apps, or closing the browser does not pause the official timer. Official response times are measured by KC Trivia Challenge’s servers, not by your device.

7. Scoring

Each correct answer earns 1 point unless challenge-specific rules state otherwise. Incorrect and unanswered questions earn 0 points.

Entries are ranked by total correct answers, highest first. Accuracy always outranks speed — a faster entry can never beat an entry with more correct answers.

8. Tiebreaking

If two or more eligible entries share the highest score, the entry with the lowest cumulative response time on its correctly answered questions ranks higher. Time spent on incorrect or unanswered questions is not counted, and this is not a measure of overall completion time.

If an exact tie still remains, KC Trivia Challenge may conduct an additional skill-based tiebreaker among the tied entrants.

9. One Entry / Anti-Cheating

The following are prohibited and may result in disqualification:

  • Submitting more than one prize-eligible entry per challenge, including through multiple emails or accounts.
  • Using bots, scripts, or any automation.
  • Using or participating in answer-sharing systems.
  • Manipulating or attempting to manipulate question timers.
  • Tampering with, disrupting, or reverse-engineering the website.
  • Using fraudulent, false, or borrowed identities.
  • Attempting to bypass eligibility rules.

KC Trivia Challenge may investigate suspicious activity and make reasonable determinations based on the totality of available information. A shared IP address or network alone does not automatically disqualify a player.

10. Technical Issues

KC Trivia Challenge is not responsible for internet outages, server errors, browser or device failures, interrupted sessions, corrupted entries, or other technical malfunctions.

Where an issue appears to have been caused by KC Trivia Challenge’s systems, staff may review the situation and, at their discretion, authorize a replacement attempt. Replacement attempts are not guaranteed.

11. Potential Winner Review

The top-ranked entry at close is initially a potential winner. Before confirmation, KC Trivia Challenge may review email verification, eligibility, entry integrity, anti-cheating signals, and compliance with these Official Rules.

A potential winner is not an official winner until approved. If a potential winner is disqualified, the next-ranked eligible entry may be reviewed.

12. Winner Notification

How the winner is contacted: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Response period: [To be completed — pending legal review].

If the winner cannot be reached: [To be completed — pending legal review].

If the winner is determined ineligible: [To be completed — pending legal review].

13. Prizes

Each challenge lists its own prize details, which may include the prize name, approximate retail value, sponsor or provider, restrictions, expiration, and redemption method. Challenge-specific prize details control for that challenge.

Prizes are non-transferable unless stated. Where legally appropriate, KC Trivia Challenge or the prize provider may substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the stated prize becomes unavailable.

14. Taxes

Winners are responsible for any federal, state, and local taxes applicable to their prize. Winners may be required to provide tax information before a prize is awarded, as required by law.

Attorney review required for this section.

15. Sponsors

Local businesses may provide prizes or promotional offers for individual challenges. Prize sponsors and offer providers do not write questions, score entries, or select winners. Sponsor offers are separate from the competition, and claiming one does not affect eligibility or ranking.

16. Publicity

With the winner’s consent, KC Trivia Challenge may display a winner’s first name and last initial or an approved display name, city, and score on the website and social channels. A winner photo is used only if separately authorized.

Attorney review required for this section.

17. Privacy

Information collected with entries is handled according to our Privacy Policy.

18. Limitation of Liability / Disputes

Limitation of liability: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Release: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Governing law: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Venue: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Dispute resolution: [To be completed — pending legal review].

Attorney review required for this section.

19. Winner List

Approved winners are published after results are released and can be viewed at KC Trivia Challenge Winners.

20. Challenge-Specific Details

Each challenge may publish a summary of its details. Those details supplement these Official Rules.

No challenge is currently live.