Calculatrivia

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Calculatrivia is a number-based trivia game that was originally made popular in GAMES Magazine. A set of questions, from the obvious to the obscure, are posed. The answer to each question is a number, though not necessarily an integer. Each of these questions corresponds to a letter of the alphabet (in some cases, the Greek alphabet), which get plugged into an algebraic formula, creating a final answer. In 2003, GAMES regular contributor Bob Lodge created "Ultimate Calculatrivia" which took the game to a new level.

Subsequent to that contest, a portal for GAMES Magazine fans was created online. There have been eighteen Calculatrivia-style contests hosted there (as of January 2008), and there is a community of at least thirty regular contributors.