Trivia night round scoring calculator with wagers and leaderboard

Define each standard round and its point value, mark every team answer as correct or incorrect, then supply each team's final wager and whether that wager answer was correct. The result shows points gained in each round, cumulative totals, shared ranks, the final leaderboard, and every winner. It also protects the game from an invalid wager by rejecting any amount above the team's score immediately before the wager round.

Set up rounds and team answers in matching order

Start by listing the standard rounds in the order they are played. Every round needs a unique name and a non-negative point value. Then add each team with one boolean answer for every listed round: true means the answer was accepted as correct, while false means it was incorrect. The answer positions must match the round positions exactly. If the third round is the music round, the third answer for every team must describe that music-round result. This explicit alignment keeps the scoring rule simple and auditable, and it prevents a missing answer from silently shifting every later score. Team names must also be unique, because the name identifies that team in every leaderboard snapshot. The calculator intentionally does not judge free-text answers or decide whether spelling is close enough. Resolve disputes first, enter the final ruling as a boolean, and use this tool for consistent arithmetic. You can use decimal point values and decimal wagers when the event rules allow them, provided every number is finite and non-negative.

Follow the cumulative leaderboard after every round

For each standard round, a correct answer adds that round's point value and an incorrect answer adds zero. After applying those points, the calculator sorts all teams by cumulative total and records a complete leaderboard snapshot. Each row contains the points earned in that particular round as well as the new total, so a host can explain both what changed and where every team now stands. Teams with equal totals receive the same competition rank. For example, if two teams tie for first place, both are ranked first and the next team is ranked third. Within a tie, names are ordered alphabetically only to make the JSON and on-screen table stable; alphabetical order is not treated as a sporting tiebreaker. Because every snapshot is retained, the output is useful for live display, post-event review, and troubleshooting a disputed total. A host can trace a final score backward round by round instead of reconstructing it from a single final table or a handwritten sheet.

Apply the final wager safely and identify winners

The wager round happens after every standard round has been scored. Each team supplies a non-negative wager amount and a boolean indicating whether its wager answer was correct. A correct wager adds the amount; an incorrect wager subtracts it. Before applying any wager, the calculator checks that every team has wagered no more than its current score. If even one amount is too large, the request fails with an input error that names the team, the wager, and the available score. This all-or-nothing validation avoids returning a leaderboard built from an illegal game state. A wager equal to the current score is valid, so an incorrect all-in wager can reduce a team to zero. The final wager appears as its own leaderboard snapshot, with positive or negative round points and updated cumulative totals. The response also repeats the final leaderboard for convenient access and returns a winners list. If the best score is tied, every team sharing that score appears in the winners list rather than forcing an invented tiebreaker. API requests use the displayed $0.002 base price.