Buzz!: The Pop Quiz

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Buzz!: The Pop Quiz
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The cover of Buzz!: The Pop Quiz
Developer(s) Relentless Software
Publisher(s) Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Platform(s) PlayStation 2
Release14 March 2008
Genre(s) Party
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer

Buzz!: The Pop Quiz developed by Relentless Software and Sleepydog, is the sixth game in the Buzz! series of quiz games for the PlayStation 2 console. The game features music from the 1990s to the present day. To coincide with the release of Pop Quiz Sony launched a new website called letsplaybuzz.com which allows users to take part in a short 10 question sample game.

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