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Buzz The Big Quiz for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Big Quiz for PlayStation 2 brings a television quiz into the living room with questions about film, television, music, sport, science, nature, history and geography. One to eight contestants choose a character and use a wired Buzz controller. The large red button determines who reacts first; the four coloured buttons select an answer. Host Buzz and assistant Rose run the contest from a virtual studio with video clips, audio questions and rules that change quickly between rounds.
A standard match consists of a series of rounds in which more than factual knowledge matters. Fastest Finger awards points for a quick correct answer. In Pass the Bomb, a ticking bomb moves on after every correct answer, while Hitman has players fight for the chance to fire at a chosen rival. Point Stealer lets the winner take points from somebody else, and Look Before You Leap reveals the question and answers step by step. Leads can therefore change until late in the quiz.
You can practise alone in a separate challenge or play a full quiz with two to eight people. Five to eight contestants require two sets of four Buzz controllers; each set uses one PlayStation 2 USB port. The disc also supports Quiz Master, in which one person uses a standard DualShock controller to ask custom questions and judge the answers. This offer concerns the game. Controllers are included only when the product explicitly says so.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 2 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Buzz The Big Quiz requires wired Buzz controllers for PlayStation 2. One set supports up to four players; five to eight players require two complete sets, each connected to its own USB port. This offer concerns the game. Buzz controllers are included only when the product explicitly says so.
Manual
Buzz The Big Quiz for PlayStation 2 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of Buzz The Big Quiz
Relentless Software developed Buzz The Big Quiz as the second entry in the Buzz series. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released the game for PlayStation 2 on 17 March 2006, about five months after The Music Quiz. The first instalment focused entirely on pop music; the sequel broadened the question bank to general knowledge. The familiar USB controllers, television studio and host Buzz remained, allowing groups to continue with the same controls.
Besides new question categories, The Big Quiz added rounds in which contestants directly affect one another. Photos, audio and video were used alongside conventional text questions. Two controller bundles could be connected at once, increasing the local contest from four to eight people. The developer also retained a short solo challenge and Quiz Master. The release therefore combined a fixed digital host with the option for one person to prepare and judge their own questions.
In October 2006, The Big Quiz won the Casual and Social award at the BAFTA Games Awards. The release later earned a Platinum sales award in the United Kingdom. This success helped turn Buzz into a regular PlayStation series, followed by The Sports Quiz, The Mega Quiz and The Hollywood Quiz, among others. Later entries brought different subjects and eventually wireless controllers, but this original PS2 version uses the wired four-button set and contains the general-knowledge questions from 2006.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Music Quiz uses the same wired controllers and television studio, but limits its more than five thousand questions to artists, song titles, years and audio clips. The Big Quiz spreads its attention across much broader subjects and supports up to eight rather than four participants. Both contain fast-answer rounds and point stealing; only The Music Quiz puts the selected musical era and match length at the centre.
Buzz The Mega Quiz continues the general-knowledge approach and eight-player support of The Big Quiz. The later entry again has more than five thousand questions but adds different rounds, including Point Picker and Winner Stays On. The Big Quiz represents the earlier format with Hitman and Look Before You Leap. Both provide a broad quiz using the same controllers, but with different question banks and scoring rules.
Buzz The Hollywood Quiz centres every category on films, actors and the movie industry, giving images and video clips a larger thematic role. The Big Quiz also uses visual material but alternates film questions with sport, nature, science, music and history. Both let players steal points and feature the familiar host. The main choice is between one subject explored in depth and a broad general quiz.
Buzz The Sports Quiz arrived later in 2006 and covers football, tennis, athletics and other sports. The Big Quiz also includes sports questions but divides its rounds among many more fields of knowledge. Both are local contests with red buzzers, coloured answers and interactive scoring rounds. Sports experts get more specialist questions in The Sports Quiz, while a mixed group has more opportunities to recover through a favourite subject in The Big Quiz.
Buzz The Pop Quiz returns to popular music and uses a newer question bank than The Music Quiz, whereas The Big Quiz covers general knowledge from 2006. Both work with the same wired PS2 controllers and alternate quick answers with rounds that shift the scores. Pop Quiz gives music experts more depth on performers and hits; The Big Quiz requires contestants to switch between entertainment, science, sport and geography.
