The game's name is a pun on "Besserwisser", a German term meaning "better knowing" or a "know-it-all".

The game is currently available in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands and the UK.

Based on the publisher’s success, in 2019, Bezzerwizzer Nordic is acquired by the global board game distributor Asmodee Group.

Asmodee has offices in a large number of countries and currently distributes board games in over 50 markets.

The questions are divided into 20 different categories, each built upon different topics (in alphabetical order): Players are split up into teams, most of the time playing separately.

If they are confident at getting a question in one subject right they would put it on the fourth square on the board (scoring four points for a correct answer).

For each sudden-death round, each team draws one category tile from the bag and gets a single question on that.