I scored #1 last hour with 10 in 19 seconds, and over 80 people played when you combine the four divisions. That is possibly the second time I have been denied a tier in that game, I'm not sure. The last time it happened, I'm not sure if there were over 80 or not so this time I made sure to check.

I don't know where you saw 80 players - the official record of that game has 77.

1 AM History TriviaFan22 Division 4 11
1 AM History fattyq Division 3 22
1 AM History schnoozie Division 2 20
1 AM History matthewpokemon Division 1 24
Total Players: 77

Okay. I guess it doesn't count guests or people who do not hit submit.

I wouldn't think that playing the game at 1 to 4 am would be ideal for having a large number of players in the game.

But who knows?

Neither games with a zero score nor those by guests are counted in the total.

The 6am Religion game shows 23 players on the Winners page for division 1.

On the "last hour" page, I see 32 entries, thereof three zero scores (two unsubmitted, one with 3 correct and a 170 time) and six non-zero score guests. So none of those were counted for the total. Only registered players with a nonzero score are counted towards the 80 required.

Divisions 2, 3 and 4 all match up between "last hour" and the winner page, none of those had guests or zero scores.

"Okay. I guess it doesn't count guests or people who do not hit submit."

Correct. It only counts non-zero scores.