FORMATS
Four quiz formats for TV and phones
Gameshow, Pub quiz, Quickfire and Would You Rather each play differently on the same TV and phones. Choose one, or combine their rounds in a single quiz.
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Which format should I pick?
Pick gameshow for categories, climbing values, buzzers and a bit of chaos. Pick the pub quiz if you want rounds read out, answers written down and a proper marking break. Pick quickfire if you want everyone answering at once, on their own phone, with a result in seconds. Pick Would You Rather for dilemmas with no right answer, where everyone votes and the room sees how it split.
Choose one format when you create your quiz, or choose Combination quiz to mix gameshow, Pub quiz, Quickfire and Would You Rather rounds. Everyone stays in the same room and keeps their score across rounds.
Quiz Starter: up to 10 phones in 4 teams, or 10 solo players. Quiz Host, Quizmaster and an event with Quiz Night: up to 100 phones in 20 teams, or 24 solo players. Solo play is available in gameshow and Quickfire, and a Would You Rather quiz is always solo; pub quiz is team-only.
Quizzes with right answers
Gameshow
A Jeopardy-style gameshow on your TV: five categories, rising point values, and phone buzzers.
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A pub quiz: rounds read out, answers on paper or phones, the totals done for you.
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A live multiple-choice round everyone answers at once, on their own phone. It marks itself.
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The formats side by side
| Gameshow | Pub quiz | Quickfire | Would You Rather | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels like | A TV game show | A pub quiz | A live multiple-choice quiz | A party game of dilemmas |
| How people answer | Out loud, after buzzing in | Written down, on paper or phones | Tapping an option, four to start, up to six | Tapping one of two choices |
| Who marks it | You award or dock points | You mark ✓, ½ or ✗ per team | It marks itself | Nobody, there's no right answer |
| Size | 1–4 rounds with a 5 × 5 board each, plus a tie-breaker | 1–10 rounds of 5–15 questions | 1–6 rounds of 5–25 questions | 1–6 rounds of 5–25 questions |
| Typical length | 45–60 minutes | 90–120 minutes | 10–20 minutes | About 5 minutes per 10 questions |
| Teams or solo | Quiz Starter: up to 10 phones in 4 teams, or 10 solo players. Quiz Host, Quizmaster and an event with Quiz Night: up to 100 phones in 20 teams, or 24 solo players. Solo play is available in gameshow and Quickfire, and a Would You Rather quiz is always solo; pub quiz is team-only. | Up to 4 teams on Quiz Starter; 20 on Quiz Host, Quizmaster or a Quiz Night event. Connected phones: 10 on Quiz Starter, 100 with those paid offers. | Quiz Starter: up to 10 phones in 4 teams, or 10 solo players. Quiz Host, Quizmaster and an event with Quiz Night: up to 100 phones in 20 teams, or 24 solo players. Solo play is available in gameshow and Quickfire, and a Would You Rather quiz is always solo; pub quiz is team-only. | Everyone plays for themselves. Up to 10 solo players on Quiz Starter, or 24 on Quiz Host, Quizmaster or a Quiz Night event. |
| Phones needed? | Optional, buzzers | Optional, paper works | Yes, it's answered on phones | Yes, votes are cast on phones |
Round and question counts are what the new-quiz wizard offers; the editor lets a pub-quiz round grow to 40 questions.
Questions about formats
Can I mix formats in one quiz?
Yes. Choose Combination quiz when you create it, then choose how many gameshow, Pub quiz, Quickfire and Would You Rather rounds to include. Players use one room code throughout.
Which format works best without phones?
The pub quiz. Print the answer sheets from the host screen and it runs entirely on paper, with you marking each team's answers. Gameshow also works without phones if you let people shout or raise hands.
Which format is best for a big group?
Quickfire and the pub quiz. In quickfire everyone answers at once and a team's score is its players' average, so team sizes don't matter. Gameshow is at its best with two to four teams racing for the buzzer.
Can people play on their own instead of in teams?
Quiz Starter: up to 10 phones in 4 teams, or 10 solo players. Quiz Host, Quizmaster and an event with Quiz Night: up to 100 phones in 20 teams, or 24 solo players. Solo play is available in gameshow and Quickfire, and a Would You Rather quiz is always solo; pub quiz is team-only.
Do all formats work in every language?
Yes. All four show your questions in the language you wrote them in, and the TV and phones follow the quiz's language in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian.
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