ɡˈeɪmz mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd fˈækts ɪn fˈaɪv ɪn ðɛɹ "tˈɑːp wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd ɡˈeɪmz ʌv nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi", nˈoʊɾɪŋ ðˈæt "juː kæn dɪvˈaɪz jʊɹ ˈoʊn tɹˈɪviə ɡˈeɪmz, bˌʌt juː woʊnt kˈʌm ˌʌp wɪð sˈʌmθɪŋ æz wˈɛl pˌʊt təɡˌɛðɚɹ æz fˈækts ɪn fˈaɪv.
Games magazine included Facts in Five in their "Top 100 Games of 1980", noting that "you can devise your own trivia games, but you won't come up with something as well put together as Facts In Five.