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Buzz The Hollywood Quiz for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Hollywood Quiz for PlayStation 2 turns the living room into a movie quiz with questions about actors, directors, famous scenes, quotes and events from the world of cinema. One to eight contestants choose a character and answer with the wired Buzz controllers. The large red button is used when a round calls for a quick response; for multiple-choice questions, you select an answer with one of the four coloured buttons. Host Buzz runs the contest from a redesigned studio, while photographs, film clips and audio material break up the regular text questions.
A contest consists of rounds with different scoring rules. In Fact or Fiction, everyone quickly decides whether a statement is true. Hollywood Stars focuses on faces and careers, while Rollover can carry an accumulated jackpot into the next question. Point Builder rewards correct answers without directly attacking an opponent; in Point Stealer, a quick correct response can instead take points from someone else. The alternation between knowledge, recognition and risk prevents an early lead from automatically remaining decisive.
You can play a separate challenge alone or take part in the local quiz with two to eight people. Five to eight contestants require two complete sets of four Buzz controllers; each set uses one USB port on the PlayStation 2. The question bank contains more than five thousand movie questions and mainly emphasises modern Hollywood films, supplemented by classics. This offer is for the game without a manual. Buzz controllers are included only when explicitly stated with the product.
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 Hollywood 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 a separate USB port. This offer is for the game without a manual. Buzz controllers are included only when explicitly stated with the product.
Manual
The manual is missing from this copy of Buzz The Hollywood Quiz for PlayStation 2. That is why the product title says “No Manual”. You receive the game in its box, without the instruction booklet. This makes the contents clear before you order.
The original printed manual usually contains at least English and often around six European languages. The languages vary by edition; Dutch is not always included. This information describes the original booklet and does not mean that it comes with this copy. A copy with a manual is offered separately when available.
The history of Buzz The Hollywood Quiz
Relentless Software developed Buzz The Hollywood Quiz as the fifth main entry in the Buzz series. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released the European PlayStation 2 version on 19 October 2007. After general knowledge, music and sport, this instalment chose a single subject: the world of film. The familiar host Buzz, assistant Rose and wired four-button controllers remained, but the studio and contestants received a new look that evokes a major movie premiere.
The developer assembled a bank of more than five thousand questions, using photographs, quotes, audio and short video clips. New rounds such as Rollover and Fact or Fiction were combined with familiar sections including Point Builder and Point Stealer. Local support for eight contestants remained possible by connecting two controller sets at once. A separate structure was used for one player, so the release did not depend entirely on having a full sofa of opponents.
The European version appeared several months before the North American release of March 2008. Reviewers especially appreciated the amount and variety of movie material, although they also noted that the multiple-choice questions needed the large red button less often than the controller's design might suggest. Within the series, The Hollywood Quiz therefore stands as a clearly focused themed edition between the broad Mega Quiz and the later Pop Quiz. This original PS2 release uses wired controllers and does not include the online features of later PlayStation 3 entries.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Big Quiz uses the same wired controllers and likewise supports up to eight contestants, but spreads its questions across geography, science, sport, music, film and history. The Hollywood Quiz goes much deeper into movies, actors and quotes and uses more themed photographs and clips. Both allow scores to shift through Point Stealer; only Hollywood presents the entire contest as a movie premiere.
Like Hollywood Quiz, Buzz The Mega Quiz is a later PS2 entry with more than five thousand questions and eight players through two controller sets. Mega Quiz focuses on broad general knowledge and continually changes categories. Hollywood Quiz keeps every section within the world of cinema and adds Rollover and Fact or Fiction, among others. A mixed group gets more subjects in Mega Quiz, while movie enthusiasts find longer runs centred on their own interest here.
Buzz The Music Quiz revolves around artists, titles, years and rerecorded music clips. Hollywood Quiz also uses audiovisual material but asks about actors, scenes, directors and movie quotes. The music entry supports up to four contestants with one controller set; Hollywood can reach eight with a second set. The controls feel familiar, but recognising a melody calls for a different kind of knowledge than identifying a face or film scene.
Buzz The Sports Quiz covers dozens of sports and uses rounds such as Risk, Estimation and Finish Line. Hollywood Quiz replaces that sporting contest with movie questions and sections such as Rollover and Hollywood Stars. Both combine text with images and support eight local contestants. Sports Quiz rewards knowledge of results, athletes and tournaments; Hollywood is more about recognising cast members, story moments and the history of cinema.
Buzz The Pop Quiz appeared in 2008 and focuses on popular music from the 1990s and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Rounds such as Name That Band and Video Stars use clips of performers. Hollywood Quiz came out earlier and builds its visual questions around films and actors. Both have a distinct entertainment theme and the same controllers, but their question banks and round rules were created separately.
