Ball Up Top

DAILY SPORTS TRIVIA AND PUZZLES

KNOW
BALL?
PROVE IT.

Daily ranked sports trivia. Calculate Ball IQ with every play and sharpen your skills.

Ball IQ

BALLKNOWLEDGE,QUANTIFIED.

Ball IQ measures how well you know ball. Every ranked game adjusts it based on how tough the questions were and how you performed against expectations.

Better with friends

GROUP GAMES.

Bring the group chat. Settle the debate.

Together in person
Up Top: hold your phone to your forehead while friends give clues
They give the clues. You name the athlete.

The whole crew

UP TOP

Phone up. Game on.

Pick a sports deck, hold your phone to your forehead, and guess the athlete from your friends’ clues.

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Head-to-head in iMessage
Think you know ball?
The colorful 1v1 game wheel1v1
Send the challenge.

You vs. your friend

1V1 WHEEL

One friend. One matchup.

Take the sports debate head-to-head. Challenge a friend to a sports-knowledge matchup, right in iMessage.

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Good games. Better company.

Group games live in the app.

Download on the App Store

BUILD YOUR
BALL IQ.

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