diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 91ed8b7..99a9445 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "bhttp": "^1.2.8",
         "bottleneck": "^2.19.5",
         "config": "^3.3.6",
+        "html-entities": "^2.3.2",
         "jsdom": "^18.1.0",
         "linkify-it": "^3.0.3",
         "simple-node-logger": "^21.8.12",
@@ -1906,6 +1907,11 @@
         "node": ">=12"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/html-entities": {
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c3Ab/url5ksaT0WyleslpBEthOzWhrjQbg75y7XUsfSzi3Dgzt0l8w5e7DylRn15MTlMMD58dTfzddNS2kcAjQ=="
+    },
     "node_modules/http-proxy-agent": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-proxy-agent/-/http-proxy-agent-5.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5159,6 +5165,11 @@
         "whatwg-encoding": "^2.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "html-entities": {
+      "version": "2.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/html-entities/-/html-entities-2.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-c3Ab/url5ksaT0WyleslpBEthOzWhrjQbg75y7XUsfSzi3Dgzt0l8w5e7DylRn15MTlMMD58dTfzddNS2kcAjQ=="
+    },
     "http-proxy-agent": {
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/http-proxy-agent/-/http-proxy-agent-5.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3d0d16d..56c0071 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     "bhttp": "^1.2.8",
     "bottleneck": "^2.19.5",
     "config": "^3.3.6",
+    "html-entities": "^2.3.2",
     "jsdom": "^18.1.0",
     "linkify-it": "^3.0.3",
     "simple-node-logger": "^21.8.12",
diff --git a/src/games/trivia.js b/src/games/trivia.js
index aec2a2a..5066aa4 100644
--- a/src/games/trivia.js
+++ b/src/games/trivia.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const config = require('config');
 const timers = require('timers/promises');
+const { decode } = require('html-entities');
 
 const questions = require('../../assets/jeopardy.json');
 const shuffle = require('../utils/shuffle');
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ async function onMessage(message, context) {
 
 	const { answer } = game.questions[game.round];
 
-	if (new RegExp(answer, 'i').test(message.body)) {
+	if (new RegExp(answer, 'i').test(decode(message.body))) { // resolve HTML entities, such as & to &
 		game.answers.push({
 			user: context.user,
 			answer: message.body,