Buzz! The Sports Quiz

The gameshow formula that has served the Buzz series so well is back for another run out and, shockingly enough, it still works just as well. The 'charismatic' (i.e. bit of a tool) host Buzz is back, once again voiced the by the in-demand (snak snak) Jason Donovan, alongside his ever ready hostess Rose. These characters aren't anything special, basically. They add some nice character to the game and I couldn't see things done any other way, to be fair, but it isn't like they have a world changing effect on proceedings. In fact, all Buzz himself seems to do is annoy people. Ah well.

Once a round has been explained to players - and it should be pointed out that it now takes a unanimous decision before round explanations are skipped, which was something of an annoyance in previous versions when one player could cause things to skip ahead. Where was I? Ah yes, once the round has been explained, things begin and the fun really starts. Shouting, off-putting, laughter - all common sights and sounds when playing. Well, with my friends at least. Cheating gimps. The questions on offer range from the shockingly simple to the really-quite-hard-indeed, though nothing ever feels impossible. Unless I'm being quizzed on cricket. Most major world sports are covered though there is clearly a bias towards football ('soccer', my American chums) and anyone looking for a section on the world cup of Kabaddi is sure to be disappointed. Other than these foibles there is a fair spread.

The Buzz formula has evolved somewhat, thankfully, to include video, sound clips and more photography with questions, resulting in some nice variety to proceedings. Whilst there isn't a massive amount of clips - De Boer's penalty miss was seen on three occasions over two games - the questions that accompany them are not always the same, and as such don't totally kill off the fun. Repetition does occur, unfortunately, and even with the thousands of questions on offer a few repeats will happen over only a few games. Cuba won the baseball gold at the Olympics, mind.