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THE PARTY QUIZ
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USE CASE · FAMILY & HOLIDAYS

Grandparents against grandchildren

The Christmas quiz, the reunion quiz, the rainy-holiday quiz. Put it on the living-room TV, split the family into teams, and let the phones be buzzers for once, or leave them out and shout.

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How do you make a quiz the whole family enjoys?

For a Christmas or family quiz, mix the categories so every generation has one they own: one for the kids, one for the grandparents, one about the family itself. Keep the difficulty gentle, keep the teams mixed, and make the prize something everyone wants.

Or leave the teams out. In everyone-for-themselves mode each person with a phone gets their own row on the TV, and a ten-year-old seeing their name at the top of the leaderboard is a sight worth the whole evening.

A quiz in your family's own language matters more here than anywhere: write it in any of 93 languages, and the TV and phones follow in seven.

A family quiz in four moves

  1. Pick the categories

    One per generation, one about the family, one wildcard. Set the difficulty to Gentle or Easy.

  2. Mix the teams

    Old and young on every team, so nobody is outnumbered on their own subject.

  3. Play it on the TV

    Buzzers for whoever has a phone; shouting for everyone else.

  4. End with a tie-breaker

    One closest-guess question, how many sprouts were eaten last year?

EVERY GENERATION

Phones optional

The kids will want to buzz, Grandpa will want to shout. Both work, you can run the board with buzzers, with hands, or both at once, and score with a tap either way.

Phone buzzers

Family quiz questions

Is it suitable for children?

The quiz is whatever you write, so yes, set the difficulty to Gentle and pick subjects the kids know. Children don't need an account to play, just a first name.

Can we play in our own language?

Yes. Write the quiz in any of 93 languages. The TV and the buzzers come in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese or Italian.

Can everyone play for themselves instead of in teams?

Yes, on a board or a quickfire quiz: choose “Everyone for themselves” when you create it. Each player needs their own phone, though, without one, a mixed team is the way to include them.

What about relatives who aren't in the room?

Share the TV screen on a video call and they can join the buzzer room with the code from wherever they are.

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