Help — Frequently Asked Questions

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A. Retrieve your password by clicking here and following the instructions. You will need to enter the email address that we have on file for your account. We'll then email your password to that address.

Your e-mail address is found under "Account Settings." Start by clicking on "My Profile". Click on "Edit My Profile” in the top left box, next to your default picture. Click on "Account Settings" tab, where you will see the option to change you email address. Once you change your email address you will have to click on the confirmation email to confirm the change.

Your e-mail address is found under "Account Settings." Start by clicking on "My Profile" on the right of the top navigation menu from any FanIQ web page. Click on "Edit My Profile." From there, click on the "Account Settings" tab. You will see the option to change your password at the top of that tab. Once you change your email address you will have to click on the confirmation email to confirm the change.

You may change your name, age, and/or add to the information on your Profile through "Edit Profile.” Click the “My Profile” tab in the top navigation menu from any FanIQ web page... From there, click “Edit Profile” in the box on the top left side. You will be taken to your "Edit Profile" page where you may edit or add information to your Profile.

Go to "My Profile" in the top navigation menu from any FanIQ web page and click on "Edit Profile." Under "About Me" you will be given the option to add, change or delete your photo.

Go to "My Profile" and click on “Edit Profile”. Once you are in the profile editing page, click on "Account Settings." You will have multiple options to control the types of messages that get forwarded to your external email account. At the very bottom of the Account Settings page, there is an option to deny any email notifications from FanIQ.

Keep in mind, canceling your FanIQ account will PERMANENTLY REMOVE all of your profile information from FanIQ, including your statistics, photos, comments and your personal network of friends. This information cannot be restored. You may re-register with your current email address after canceling, but you will need to rebuild your personal network from scratch. If you'd still like to cancel your account, send us email with "Cancel my Account” in the subject. We'd also appreciate your feedback for how to make the service better.

A. You can't. We're trying to bring accountability to the world of sports predictions and opinions.

A. You've always known you were smarter than your friends now you finally have a way to prove it. At FanIQ, we'll automatically track your head to head record for sports predictions against your friends and also the experts that you read every day. For the first time ever, you'll also get an objective measure or your sports knowledge called your FanIQ. Stop the war of the words with your friends and use FanIQ data to determine winners and losers.

Your FanIQ rating is a proprietary, OBJECTIVE measure of how accurate you are at predicting the outcome of anything related to sports. Why does the FanIQ scoring system work? It works because we've created a market system for FanIQ points where in order for someone to win FanIQ points, someone has to lose FanIQ points. The more difficult the poll (and more losers) the more points the winner(s) receive. As a result, FanIQ point leaders have literally proven they're smarter than the rest of the fans by taking their points.

A. Yes! We're learning how expensive it is to run a business so we're eventually going to have to make money (probably through advertising) but everything is currently free.

A. Absolutely not -- FanIQ is for entertainment purposes only. We include some odds and spreads because we feel that it makes even the most lopsided match-up fun to predict. We also believe that Vegas odds are often times the ultimate expert.

A. 1. Register. It's free and easy. Your FanIQ starts at 100. If you make accurate predictions, it will go up. Get your predictions wrong and it will go down. You can also answer opinion polls that don't have outcome, see news links, and read blogs submitted by other members.
2. Personalize your profile. Tell us your favorite teams and players. By personalizing your favorite teams, you'll be able to find relevant polls with one click.
3. Answer polls. Polls with outcomes are called prediction polls. If you get them right, you'll get FanIQ points from the losers. Opinion polls are subjective and don't impact your FanIQ. You can always tell how many FanIQ points are at stake by looking under the poll introduction above the actual poll.
4. Invite your friends and we'll automatically track your head to head W-L records in your profile.

A. We appreciate your feedback -- especially during our Beta period. Please “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the site to send us a note with a description of the error and the URL. The more specific you are with the error, the more likely it is that we'll be able to help you.

A. FanIQ opened its doors to the public on March 8 2006, after a couple months of being password protected with a small group of Illinois college basketball fans (now does it make sense why there are so many Illinois fans?). Beta means that we're still working to improve the site and we have limited content. Every few of days, you will see changes and improvements to the site. We value your patience and would love your feedback for how we can improve the FanIQ community. Already our best ideas have come from our Beta Testers. We're not perfect, but if you like what you see, please invite your friends and make some polls. This is your community -- we're just here to build what you want...

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FanIQ has created a proprietary system that awards points for each prediction poll based on the difficulty of the question. The difficulty of the question is determined by the percentage of people that accurately predicted the outcome of the poll.

The driving principal behind the scoring system is that the points are transferred from the losers to the winners. The most you can lose on any question is -.5 FanIQ points. If you get a question right, the points awarded could vary from zero (if it was so obvious that nobody predicted the incorrect answer) to a virtually unlimited amount depending on how many people you outsmarted.

There are two types of polls on FanIQ -- opinions and predictions. Opinion polls are subjective and don't have correct answers. Predictions have outcomes and will result in winners and losers. While FanIQ will track your responses to all your polls, only your predictions impact your FanIQ.

For prediction polls, points get distributed from the losers to the winners. This automatically adjusts the point value of each poll based on the difficulty of the poll. If an underdog wins and there are a lot of losers then the fans that picked the underdog will get up to a maximum of 16 FanIQ points. For example, assume Duke is playing a Division 3 team. Fans who select Duke might not get any points even if Duke wins because nobody picked the Division 3 team. If a fan does pick the Division 3 team and Duke goes down in a monumental upset that fan will get a ton of points.

The downside on any single prediction is -.5 points, and the upside is virtually unlimited; depending on how many fans you beat. Also, your FanIQ can never go below 100. Why? Because if you're smart enough to join this site then you're at least as smart as the average fan. At FanIQ, we don't believe in letting fans "get lucky" and bet all of their points on one prediction to go to the top of the leader board overnight. The FanIQ scoring system works because people with high FanIQ's have literally taken points from other fans over an extended period of time.

You will lose FanIQ points if your predictions are wrong. The number of FanIQ points you lose will depend primarily upon how many other people were also wrong. The harder the question, the fewer points you'll lose.

Of course, the one exception to this is that your FanIQ can never drop below 100.

Because if you're smart enough to sign up with FanIQ, you're at least as smart as the average fan.

The number of questions determines the number of FanIQ points awarded/deducted.

For each question, you will be ranked according to how close it was compared to everyone else's answer. The closest answer gets 1 point, the next closest 2 points, etc... FanIQ points are awarded based on the sum of your ranking in each category with the lowest total ranking getting the most FanIQ points.

A prediction contest is a series of multiple choice questions with a tiebreaker. Each question in a prediction contest needs to have a definitive outcome. Entering prediction contests will impact your FanIQ.

The poll creator assigns a point value to each question. Your sum total of points is compared with everyone else's using the tiebreaker if necessary. FanIQ points are distributed to the highest point totals and deducted from the lowest scores.

Go to My Profile and go down to the "My Statistics: Head to Head module." When you're down there, simply click on "More Head to Head Statistics." Then simply choose the Sport and the Friend which you'd like to compare against. You can track up to five friends automatically -- simply scroll down to your "My Statistics: Head to Head" module in your Profile and click "Edit Friends to Display in Summary" on the upper right-hand side.

We rely on our members to help us maintain accuracy. Go to the Poll Results page of the poll that hasn't been closed. Under "Things to Do" underneath the poll, click on "Report an Error." You will then be able to send a "gentle reminder" to the poll creator and the administrator.

You get FanIQ points added if you get our predictions correct. You get FanIQ points subtracted if you get predictions incorrect. The sum total of these gains or losses over any given time period equals your net FanIQ points. Net FanIQ points are also used to rank your performance in a specific team or sport.

Your FanIQ is equal to 100+ all of the Net FanIQ points you've accumulated. While your FanIQ rewards players who make a larger number of predictions, there is also another measure which can be used to compare players of all levels -- Points/ Prediction. Pts/Prediction equals your total Net FanIQ Points divided by the number of scored predictions that you've made. Importantly, an eight question prediction contest which is worth eight FanIQ points will count as eight predictions.

So next time someone brags about their FanIQ be sure to check out their Pts/Prediction too!

The size of the list determines the number of FanIQ points awarded. Once scored, relative rankings are determined using a system of 3 points for correct spot, 2 points for +/-1, 1 point for +/-2. FanIQ points are then distributed to the fans with the highest rankings and deducted from folks with the lowest rankings.

In game polls, you select the "straight up winners." FanIQ points won or lost depend on how many fans you beat. If you pick the favorite, (defined by 50% or more selecting), you will win or lose 1 FanIQ point per game.

If you pick the underdog, you'll still lose 1 FanIQ point if you get it wrong but you have the potential to win up to 4 FanIQ points per game. If the underdog wins, FanIQ points that were lost by fans selecting the favorite get distributed to the people who picked the upset (capped at 4 FanIQ points per game).

In Vs. Spread polls, point spreads are used to even the odds of a particular sporting event. Each team has points either added to its score or subtracted from its score to determine which team is a winner. The point spread is also known as the line.

Example: The point spread for the Duke vs. Wake Forest game is set at 2 points. Duke is favored so it is listed with a -2. Wake Forest is the underdog and is shown at +2. If a member plays Duke, then he does not win unless Duke beats Wake Forest by more than 2 points. If Duke wins by less than 2 points or loses the game, then the member loses. If Duke wins by exactly 2 points, then the member ties, or pushes, the game and no FanIQ points are won or loss.

In some games, two teams are evenly matched. When this happens, the point spread will be a "Pick'em". Neither team will receive or give points. In this case, just pick the winner.

You will win 1 FanIQ pt for every correct answer and you will lose .75 FanIQ point for every incorrect answer.

A. In Over/Under polls, you're trying to predict the total combined score of the two teams.

One FanIQ point is awarded for each correct answer and -0.75 FanIQ pts are deducted for each incorrect answer.

To make comparisons among players easier, FanIQ groups you with players who have made a similar number of predictions as you. Everyone on FanIQ starts out a Rookie until you make fifty predictions. Then you advance to A and then AA, AAA and finally the Majors. You can always tell how many predictions you are from advancing to the next level by looking at the top left of your FanIQ profile card.

Like most things, FanIQ takes practice so the Majors players definitely have an advantage over the Rookies. Weekly FanIQ point leader trophies are awarded by level to even the playing field.

Why should you care about your level? Not only do the cards get cooler as you move up the ranks but In the future certain privileges and leagues will only be made available to higher level players.

The H2H Trophy is an award that gets passed back and forth between you and each of your top ten friends. It's not based on FanIQ points but is instead based on your performance in polls that you *both* enter. For each poll that you both enter, it compares your head to head performance. If you both get the poll correct or incorrect then it doesn't count. If you don't enter any of the same polls during a week, it's a Draw.

The beauty of the H2H Trophy is that it isn't dependent upon the number of polls you enter but rather truly measures your performance in the exact same polls. Since the H2H Trophy floats back and forth, it can never truly be owned and put in your trophy case and doesn't count towards your awards.

To recognize outstanding achievements, FanIQ distributes awards to fill your card's trophy case. In general, stars are awarded for community contributions, medals for daily winners in various categories and trophies are awarded for weekly or longer term achievements. We're constantly adding new awards so check back often to see what you can win on FanIQ. Click here to view trophies and awards.

You can get to polls from almost anywhere on the site. At the top of the Home and Locker Room pages there are links to relative polls that you can sort through using your own method by choosing from several different sorting options. There are also links at the top of each specific sport’s home page for polls for that sport. On many of the pages, including polls themselves, are links to related polls.

Only polls with definitive outcomes where there will be winners and losers qualify for FanIQ points. These polls are called prediction polls. You can always tell if a poll qualifies for FanIQ points by looking at the "About this Poll" box on the poll entry page.

This is ranked list with an eventual outcome. Answering these polls will impact your FanIQ rating depending on how you score versus everyone else who enters. Examples: What will the 1-8 play-off seeding be in the Western Conference in the NBA? Predict the first round of the NFL draft in 2006. Predict the leading rebounders in the NBA in 2006.

This is a subjective list without an outcome. Answering these polls will not impact your FanIQ rating. Examples: The Top 20 AP poll, NFL Team Power Rankings, Name the Five Best Players in NBA History

You can’t. Answer questions with caution as once you answer a poll; you have to live with it forever. Still think sportswriters have an easy job?

Most of our polls are created by our members. If you create a prediction poll that has an outcome, you must come to the site and score it within 24 hours of the outcome. We take predictions very seriously at FanIQ so if you’re not going to close the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll! Members who create polls but do not close them accurately will be issued two warnings – after that, they will lose privileges and/or have their account revoked.

At FanIQ, the person who creates the poll also closes the poll. If you create a prediction poll that has an outcome, you must come to the site within 24 hours after the outcome of the event and make sure it has been scored and scored correctly. Often polls will be scored by the moderators of FanIQ, but it is ultimately your responsibility to make sure your poll is scored correctly. Remember, if you’re not going to close the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll!

Click on the poll that you've created. On the poll entry page above the question there will be a green button "Score Poll." Click on this button and carefully enter the correct answers.

Click on the poll that you've created. On the poll entry page above the question there will be a green button "Edit Poll" Click on this button. Towards the bottom of the page click on "Has the outcome happened and the poll is ready to be scored" Click on this and then change the outcome date to before the outcome was known (to invalidate people who already had the right answer).

Go to the poll and send a note to the member (and administrator) reminding them to score the poll. If a poll still remains open after twenty four hours, the administrator may choose to score the poll himself or he may opt to just cancel the poll which will eliminate all related statistics. We take predictions very seriously at FanIQ so if you’re not going to close and score the poll in a timely and accurate manner, please do not create a poll! Members who create polls but do not close them accurately will be issued one warning – after that, they will lose privileges and/or have their account revoked.

We rely on our members to help us maintain accuracy. Go to the Poll Results page of the poll that hasn't been closed. Under "Things to Do" underneath the poll, click on "Report an Error." You will then be able to send a "gentle reminder" to the poll creator and the administrator.

Polls with definitive outcomes are called prediction polls -- answering prediction polls will impact your FanIQ rating. Opinion polls are subjective and don't have indisputable answers. Opinion polls DO NOT impact your FanIQ. Examples of prediction polls: Who will win the NL MVP award? Who will be the first coach fired in the NFL? Who will win the 12/12/05 game between the Celtics and the Lakers? Examples of opinion polls: Who is the best player in the National League? Who is the worst coach in the NFL? Why did the Celtics lose to the Lakers on 12/12/05?

At FanIQ, members hold sports "Experts" honest by answering polls on their behalf and submitting URL links to the relevant articles. For every poll, there is a question on the entry page -- "Is this your prediction or opinion"? The default answer is yes but you also have the option to answer a question according to an Expert's opinion or prediction that you heard. Assuming the article is online, each expert prediction includes a link to the article that contains the prediction.

Just like we track your W-L record vs. your friends, we also track your record vs. any expert predictions that have been entered into the FanIQ database. If you've entered a prediction poll and you get it right and the expert gets it wrong, it’s an Expert Win. To view your record vs. the Experts, visit your profile and look at the second module from the top -- "Head to Head." The first column is your aggregate record vs. all experts. Click on the heading for more detail.

For individual experts, FanIQ compares the Expert's prediction to the Fan Consensus. If both parties are right or wrong, it is a tie. Only expert predictions that are verified by FanIQ (usually via a link) count towards the expert's W-L-T.

Our definition of an expert is someone who makes their living covering sports. The experts that we track on the FanIQ site are in no way affiliated with our site. FanIQ is simply linking to their predictions so that we can review them for accuracy.

At FanIQ, we take our predictions very seriously. We ask our members to validate the accuracy of these predictions by notifying us if they see something fishy. If you notice an inaccurate prediction, please click on Report an Error next to the expert's pick in the Breakdown section of the poll results or in the Experts Picks and Results section.

There are two ways to add a friend: 1) Simply go to someone’s profile and click on the Invite to be a Friend (to the right of the photo). 2) The other is to invite someone to join the site. If someone joins FanIQ through clicking on your invite, not only do you get credit for a recruit but they are also automatically added to your friends list.

Go to their profile and click on "Remove from my Friends" Hitting that button

Recruits are friends who joined the site by clicking on a link that you sent to them using the Invite link. Recruits are automatically added to your friends list.

On FanIQ, we automatically track your stats vs. your friends. You're also able to challenge your friends to stats and leave them comments on their FanIQ cards

FanIQ leagues allow you easily compare your statistics with a smaller group of people. Leagues are managed by league commissioners who set the scoring and membership rules.

Your personalized league page is designed to give you a snapshot of all the activity in your leagues on one page. Post alerts indicate whether there are unread message board posts (including news) in your leagues. If you're not interested in seeing poll alerts simply turn them off by switching Post Alerts to "Off" at the top of the page.

FanIQ is a community of sports fanatics. Every community needs leaders who are willing to go above and beyond the call of duty and FanIQ is no exception. Commissioners are volunteers who are helping to make this the best sports community on the planet.

Commissioners are the community leaders of FanIQ. They enjoy meeting other fans of their favorite team. Commissioners manage a league where they control which polls count in the scoring via using “commissioner challenges.”

What does a commissioner do?
• Create polls -- During the season make polls a week about your favorite team and challenge your league.
• Submit news and challenge the experts – During the season post interesting news links to articles and/or blogs about your team/sport. Especially, keep an eye out for “expert’s” predictions or opinions (ESPN, Sportsline, SI.com, SportingNews, YahooSports, FoxSports) about your sport/team and hold them accountable by entering their picks in a poll or submitting a news link with “your opinion.”
• Stimulate Discussion – Help to stimulate discussion by commenting on the FanIQ Blog, polls and message boards. Submit news links when you create polls.
• Be involved -- get to know new members and your FanIQ commissioners. Be active in the commissioner league to make FanIQ a better place.

Other perks:

1) Membership in a private "Commissioners Only League." This is where commissioners meet to discuss the future of FanIQ and provide feedback on what we should be doing next.
2) Commissioners also get a "C" next to their name as a symbol of how important they are in keeping this place running.
3) A onetime opportunity to change their screen name when they become a commissioner.

Being a commissioner is a lot of fun, but it is also a commitment to the community. If you're on the fence, we encourage you to be an active member and enjoy the site. If you'd like to step up and help us build this into the site you always wanted, please use the "Contact Us" form at the bottom of the page.

Written for fans by fans. FanIQ Fan Articles will publish the best forum posts, news links and polls, while always taking on the experts.

To become a featured FanIQ writer, simply post a personal blog or a write-up with a news link or video. Each day, we'll choose the best submissions and publish them in FanIQ Fan Articles.

The posts that will get published:
- Topics that appeal to a wide audience and are timely
- Taking on the experts from the major sports sites. Post a critique of an expert's opinion with a link to the article.
- Topics that stimulate discussion and have creative headlines
- Posts with interesting photos (use the >Advanced formatting feature)
- We also love links to other intelligent blogs or interesting articles.

There are thousands of posts on FanIQ so don't be disappointed if your post is not selected.

If you would like to become a regular contributor to the blog or have additional questions, please Contact the Editor.

Your post will be seen thousands of times and it will enable you to "go on the record" about the sports you love.

There are over 100 million blogs on the Internet. If you've ever tried to start a sports blog, there are a couple major problems:
1) Attracting readers
2) Time intensive to post regularly while you build an audience

FanIQ solves these problems by allowing you to leverage our built in audience of sports fans and also letting you post as your time allows. We want to choose the best articles each day for our own audience. Our secondary goal is to get other sites to link to our best articles.

If you're passionate about sports and have always wanted to write about them, FanIQ is an easy way to become a sports writer.

If you see something while browsing sports news that has yet to make its way to FanIQ scoops (make sure to double check first!), you can submit this news by clicking “Submit News” on the top left corner of the Scoop Box on your “My Sports Page.” From there, you copy the link of the article and write your own thoughts on the news in the “Your Take” box. There are also options to submit a poll with your scoop and submit your news to be featured on the site!

On the right side of your “Home” and “My Sports” pages are scoops from around the web. On your Home page you will find an array of news in all different sports on FanIQ, and on your “My Sports Page” is your personalized scoop of your favorite sports and athletes. You can edit your favorites as often as you like! You will also find latest news in team leagues at the top of the page.

To upload a photo to FanIQ, you must be a member of the site. If you're a member, uploading is easy! Just visit the photo submission page to get started.

Once you're there, you'll see 5 steps you must complete.

The first is choosing the photo you want to upload. Simply browse to the location on your computer where this photo is stored, select it and click "Okay".

In step 2, you need to give your photo a caption. The caption is just a simple description of the photo. For instance, if you uploaded a photo of yourself at a Chicago Bulls game, a good caption to choose might be "Watching The Chicago Bulls Play The Indiana Pacers". Anything you think other fans might like to know.

Step 3 is where you let us know what sport (and, optionally, team) this photo depicts. We encourage you to upload sports related photos, and to be as detailed as possible in your sport and category choices. To continue the Chicago Bulls example from above, you'd want to select NBA as the sport and Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers as the team. If the photo doesn't involved a particular player or team, that's okay! Just make sure you select "No" for the question "Does this photo involve a specific team?". If this is a personal photo, we ask that you choose the "Hangout" category. If you're not familiar with Hangout, you can read more about it here.

Step 4 is completely optional. If the photo you're uploading matches any one of the descriptions (we call the "Tags") listed on the page, just select the checkbox next to that option. Tags are just a convenient way for people to find other similar photos.

Step 5 is the most crucial in the process. We have terms of use on the site, and it's up to you to make sure this photo complies with these terms. FanIQ is for fans of all ages, and, as such, we ask that you don't upload photos that are inappropriate for anyone under the age of 13.

Once you've completed all these steps, there are two options: "Submit Photo" and "Submit and Share". "Submit Photo" simply uploads the photo to the site; "Submit and Share" also uploads the photo, but, additionally, you'll be taken to the "Share" page where you can let friends and family know about the photo.

We allow members of the site to "collect" photos that other people have uploaded. Have you come across an image in the Photos section that you love? Just look for the "Add To Your Collection" link, click it, and the photo will be added to your collection.

To view your collection, simply visit your profile page, find the "My Photos" section and click on "View My Collection".

Want to remove a photo from your collection? Just visit your collection page and click "Delete From Your Collection".

To upload a video to FanIQ, you must also be a member of the site.
You must use videos from YouTube, as no other format is accepted. Just visit the video submission page to get started.

Once you're there, you'll see 4 steps you must complete.

First choose a video you want to upload. Copy and paste the URL provided by YouTube (not the embed code) into the box in
Step 1.

In Step 2, you need to give your video a title. The best titles are off-beat and eye catching - something that you think will grab member's attention. After the title, you can add a description of the video. Just make sure not to violate the Terms of Use or Code of Conduct; no expletives, sexually explicit material, or other such offensive material.

Step 3 is where you let us know what sport (and, optionally, team) this video depicts. We encourage you to upload sports related videos, and to be as detailed as possible in your sport and category choices. For example, for a New England Patriots game video from when they played the Indianapolis Colts, you would select NFL as the sport and the New England Patriots and Indianapolis as the teams. If the video doesn't involved a particular player or team, that's okay! Just make sure you select "No" for the question "Does this video involve a specific team?". If this is a non-sports related video, we ask that you choose the "Hangout" category. If you're not familiar with Hangout, you can read more about it here.

Step 4 is the most crucial in the process. We have terms of use on the site, and it's up to you to make sure this video complies with these terms. FanIQ is for fans of all ages, and, as such, we ask that you don't upload photos that are inappropriate for anyone under the age of 13. If you fail to meet these terms, your video will be deleted and you will be notified. If you are a repeat offender, you may lose your video submitting capabilities.

Once you've completed all these steps, there are two options: "Submit Video" and "Submit and Share". "Submit Video" simply uploads the video to the site; "Submit and Share" uploads the video, but, additionally, you'll be taken to the "Share" page where you can send your video to your friends..

We allow members of the site to "collect" videos that other people have uploaded. If you find a video that somebody else has uploaded in the video section that you would like to have in your own collection, just look for the "Add To Your Collection" link, click it, and the video will show up in your profile videos.

To view your collection, simply visit your profile page, find the "My Videos" section and click on "View Collection".

Want to remove a photo from your collection? Just visit your collection page and click "Delete From Your Collection".

All athletes need a place to get ready for games; as well as a place to rest and hang out with teammates. At FanIQ, so do our fans, and that's why we have the Locker Room. The Locker Room is the place where fans hang out to talk about the world outside of sports. Get to know other fans. Share interesting articles, fun photos, and even seek advice. Anything goes... as long as it’s PG13 (FanIQ is for fans of all ages-no disrobing please). In the Locker Room, you will find topics on anything from Television and Movies, to Politics, to Food and even Other Fans.

To play the game, either mouse over the “Trivia” tab and choose your desired sport, or just click the “Trivia” tab and you will be directed to the Trivia home. Click the green "GO" button when you are ready for a question. The clock will start immediately after you click "GO". Just read the question or study the picture and choose an answer! The faster you choose a correct answer, the higher your score will be; your points for a correct answer will vary from 10-24 points depending upon how quickly you answer the question.

After you've answered the question, you will immediately be shown whether you answered correctly or not and a percentage breakdown of how other fans have answered. If you answered correctly, your score will be shown and how the time in which you answered compares to other fans. If you answered incorrectly, you will be shown the correct answer as well as a fan comparison percentage.

Click the red [Create a Question >>] button at the left of the Trivia page, or mouse over “Trivia” on any page and click “Create a Question” in the drop-down. Once you are directed to the question creation page, you are given three different question style options. Please make sure your questions and answers are accurate and carefully written. Watch for typos and misspelled words. All questions, answers, and pictures must adhere to the FanIQ Code of Conduct or your question will be flagged and either changed or pulled by FanIQ.

FanIQ Trivia is created for the fans by the fans. Because there is open question creation, there may sometimes be inaccuracies that are beyond FanIQ's control. The FanIQ team relies heavily on the Trivia users to report bad questions so that we can get these inaccuracies fixed as soon as possible.

If you see a question that is inaccurate or inappropriate please click the red “Report a bad question” link at the right of the unanswered question or at the bottom of the answered question.

If the Trivia game is not working properly for you, please click “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the page. Make sure to include as much detail as possible when reporting a bug to make it easier for site engineers to identify and correct the problem.

You can be a Trivia Leader by answering more correct answers more quickly than other fans! You can also be one of the leaders by submitting as many great questions as you can. To see the Trivia Leaders if you are not on the trivia question page, either click “Trivia Leaders” at the top of the navigation bar of the Trivia home page, or mouse over the “Trivia” tab and click “Trivia Leaders” in the drop-down.

To take a quiz, either mouse over the “Quizzes” tab and choose your desired sport, or just click the “Quizzes” tab and you will be directed to the Quizzes home. Find a quiz that looks like fun, and click the title to open the quiz. The clock will start immediately after you click "GO". Just answer the questions! The faster you complete the quiz, the higher your score will be; your points for a correct answer will vary, depending upon how many questions are in the quiz, how quickly you answer all of the questions, and how accurate your answers are. After you've finished the quiz and received your results, give the quiz the rating you think it deserves, and navigate to the Quiz homepage for other quizzes.

After you've finished the quiz, you will immediately be shown your results. The quiz in its entirety will be shown, and the answers which you got right will be shown in green. If you did not answer a question correctly, your answer will be red and the correct answer will be green. Your score and accuracy results will be shown under your picture to the right of the quiz, in the “Your Quiz Results” box.

Click the red [Create a Question >>] button at the left of the Quizzes page, or mouse over “Quizzes” on any page and click “Create a Quiz” in the drop-down. Once you are directed to the quiz creation page, you must name your Quiz and give a short description of what type of quiz it is. You can choose for your quiz to be Public or Personal. Public quizzes may be featured on the home page or top charts; Personal may not. From there, you must choose a sport. If your quiz is about anything other than a specific sport or team, please use the “Locker Room” category. After you choose your sport, you will have the option of tagging it with a team, player, or other Locker Room subcategory, such as; movies, music, people, or even FanIQ! After each question, you are given the option to save the quiz for later, activate the quiz, or add another question. Please make sure your title, description, questions and answers are accurate and carefully written. Watch closely for typos and misspelled words. All questions, answers, and pictures must adhere to the FanIQ Code of Conduct or your quiz will be flagged and either changed or pulled by FanIQ.

FanIQ Quizzes are created for the fans by the fans. Because there is open Quiz creation, there may sometimes be inaccuracies that are beyond FanIQ's control. The FanIQ team relies heavily on the Quiz takers to report bad questions so that we can get these inaccuracies fixed as soon as possible.

If you see a question that is inaccurate or inappropriate please click the red “Report Inappropriate Quiz” link at the left of the unfinished quiz or by using the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the page at any time.

If the Quizzes are not working properly for you, please click “Report a Bug” at the bottom of the page. Make sure to include as much detail as possible when reporting a bug to make it easier for site engineers to identify and correct the problem.