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Buzz The Sports Quiz for PlayStation 2
Buzz The Sports Quiz for PlayStation 2 presents a sports contest with around 5,500 questions covering more than fifty disciplines. Football, tennis, athletics and motor racing appear alongside subjects such as winter sports, boxing and the Olympic Games. The question bank spans events from the 1960s through to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Text questions alternate with hundreds of photos, audio excerpts and short videos, making the recognition of players, stadiums and historic sporting moments important as well.
The game adds six sports-focused rounds. In Risk, you see the subject first and decide how many points to wager. Estimation asks you to get as close as possible to a number. In Spin, you stop a rotating pointer at a preferred sport, while World of Sport takes contestants across different continents through its questions. Finish Line turns right and wrong answers into ground gained or lost. Expert concludes with specialist questions for players who know their subject well.
Alongside a solo contest, there are local competitions and team games for two to eight contestants. One set of four wired Buzz controllers is enough for up to four players; five to eight players require two complete USB sets. The dedicated coloured buttons are required during the quiz and a regular DualShock cannot replace them. Every part of the game works locally on one console. This offer is for the game and includes controllers 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.
You can play a separate challenge alone or hold a complete local quiz with two to eight people. Five to eight contestants require two full sets of four Buzz controllers; each set uses one USB port on the PlayStation 2. With a second controller kit, eight players can take part on the same console at once. This offer concerns the game. The required Buzz controllers are included only when the product explicitly says so. No network features are needed for the local quiz.
Manual
Buzz The Sports 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 Sports Quiz
Kuju Entertainment developed Buzz The Sports Quiz as the third major quiz instalment for PlayStation 2. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe released the game on 10 November 2006. The first two instalments had been made by Relentless Software and focused on music and general knowledge. Kuju retained the familiar studio, host Buzz, assistant Rose and five-button controllers, but built the questions and new rounds entirely around international sport.
The developer assembled around 5,500 questions, six hundred photos, one hundred and fifty video clips and material from more than fifty sports. The timeline ran from the Olympic Games of the 1960s to then-recent events such as the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Six new rounds — Risk, Estimation, Spin, World of Sport, Finish Line and Expert — appeared alongside familiar fast and tactical quiz rounds. With two controller kits, eight contestants could take part at the same time.
The Sports Quiz was the specialist counterpart to The Big Quiz and was followed by the broad Mega Quiz in 2007. Later Buzz instalments chose film, pop music or the PlayStation 3 with wireless controllers and online features. This original PS2 release remains a local sports quiz based on knowledge current in 2006. This means its names, records and tournament results deliberately belong to that period; later transfers and new champions are not missing updates, but fall outside the original question bank.
Similar games for PlayStation 2
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 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 Sports Quiz limits its question bank to football, tennis, athletics, motor racing and dozens of other sports. Mega Quiz includes sport but alternates it with film, music, history, science and general knowledge. Both support eight local contestants with two controller kits. Sports Quiz uses its own rounds such as Risk and Estimation, while Mega Quiz distinguishes itself with Point Picker, High Stakes and Winner Stays On, among others.
Buzz The Pop Quiz and Buzz The Sports Quiz both build a full contest around a single subject. Pop Quiz asks about artists, hits, album covers and clips; Sports Quiz covers athletes, teams, records and tournaments. Both support eight contestants with two controller kits and use images and sound. Their rounds differ, however: Pop Picker and Video Stars belong to the music theme, while Risk, Estimation and Finish Line were designed for the sports contest.
Buzz The Music Quiz was the first instalment and supports four players with one controller kit; Sports Quiz can reach eight contestants with a second set. Music Quiz uses re-recorded melodies and questions about artists and years. Sports Quiz employs photos, videos and factual questions about athletes and competitions. Both demand quick responses, but only Sports Quiz has specialist rounds such as Estimation, World of Sport and Finish Line.
