Game rules

The ladder

Fifteen questions, from easy to properly hard. Every correct answer moves you one rung up the ladder, from ₦100 to ₦1,000,000 in practice naira. Practice naira is a score, not money.

Answering

• You have 20 seconds for each question. On question 1, the clock starts with your first move.
• Pick an answer, then lock it in. You can change your pick until you lock it.
• Once you lock in, your answer is final.
• If the clock runs out before you lock in, the question counts as missed, even if you had picked an answer.

Safe havens and walking away

• Questions 5 and 10 are safe havens, worth ₦1,000 and ₦32,000. Clear one and you cannot leave that ladder with less.
• A wrong answer, or running out of time, drops you to your last safe haven. Before question 5, that means ₦0.
• Once you have banked something, you can walk away instead of answering the current question and keep everything you have banked.
• Answer question 15 correctly to reach the top: ₦1,000,000.

Lifelines

You get four lifelines on each ladder, and each one works once. Use them before you lock in. You can use more than one on the same question.

• 50:50 removes two wrong answers.
• Ask the crowd shows a vote. It is simulated, not real players, and the crowd gets less reliable as the questions get harder.
• Call your padi rings a simulated friend, who picks an answer and tells you how sure they are. Your padi can be wrong, especially near the top.
• +20s adds twenty seconds to the clock.

Today’s show

• Each day has one show: the same 15 questions for everyone who plays that day.
• Days run on Lagos time. A new show starts at midnight in Lagos.
• Your first ladder of the day is today’s show. After that, you get fresh practice ladders, and you can replay today’s show.
• Your streak counts the days in a row you play today’s show to the end, however far you get. Miss a day and it resets. Replays do not change your streak.
• Streaks and practice records are saved on your device, so they do not follow you to another phone or browser.

Friend challenges

• Share a challenge link and your friend plays the same 15 questions you did.
• The link can show how far you got, and your username if you are signed in.
• It is not a live match. Each of you plays in your own time, and there is no shared leaderboard.

Free tournaments

• Sign in and choose a username, then join before the start. Late entry is closed. Each preview round takes up to 500 players.
• Everyone gets the same question at the same time. The round page shows how many questions there are and how long you get for each. The next question opens automatically.
• Tap an answer to submit it immediately. It cannot change. The shared timer is usually 10–15 seconds; the server allows one extra second for network delivery.
• A correct answer earns 500–1,000 points based on when it reaches the server. Faster answers earn more. Wrong, skipped and missed answers score zero.
• Every player gets one free 50:50 per round. There is no extra-time lifeline in tournaments.
• Switching away before answering can score that question zero. Desktop switches have a 1.5-second grace period. Stay on the round page while playing.
• Skip a question and it scores zero. You cannot answer it afterwards.
• Leave and you keep the points you have earned so far, but you cannot rejoin or answer more questions.
• While a round is live, the standings count only questions that have closed. Usernames and scores are visible to anyone viewing the round.

Demo prizes

Five positions share a demo pool:

• 1st: 40%
• 2nd: 25%
• 3rd: 15%
• 4th: 12%
• 5th: 8%

• Tied players share the prizes for the positions they occupy. For example, two players tied for 2nd share the 2nd and 3rd prizes, 20% each. Ties can stretch past 5th place, so there can be more than five winners.
• You need at least one correct answer to receive a demo award.
• Positions nobody occupies are not awarded.

Demo prizes have no cash value. Nothing is credited to you or paid out.

Fair play

• One account per person.
• No bots, scripts or other automated tools.
• During tournaments, no looking up answers with AI tools, search engines, other people or any other source.
• Do not share answers or work with other players during a live round.
• Found a bug? Tell us at contact@kerux8.com instead of using it.

Breaking these rules can lead to removal from standings and closure of your account. The terms of use have the full details.