Trivia Quiz Template
Run a trivia night from a single shareable link. Eight pub-style questions score instantly and land on one of three graded endings.
Eight questions, one point each, no phones-under-the-table judgment here. Your score is tallied live and the verdict lands on the final screen.
Trivia is the rare game where the host has the worst seat: reading questions, policing answers, and tallying scores while everyone else has fun. This template retires the scorekeeper. Eight questions grade themselves the moment a team submits, the final screen announces the verdict with the score piped straight into the headline, and your responses view becomes the leaderboard, sorted, timestamped, and argument-proof.
How the scoring is wired. Each question has one correct option, and a logic rule watches for it: pick Mars, and a point lands on a score variable. After the last question, three grading rules read the total and choose an ending. 7 or 8 is Trivia Champion, 4 to 6 a Solid Showing, 3 or under Warming Up. The team's own name pipes into the result copy too, a small trick with an outsized effect: "The Quizzard of Oz takes the crown" screenshots a lot better than "you win."
Why these eight questions. They cover classic pub range (geography, art, chemistry, music, sport), pitched so a sharp table gets six or seven rather than a clean sweep. Every answer is a settled fact (the Pacific is not having a comeback season), because self-grading quizzes live or die on unambiguous keys. The mix matters more than the difficulty: eight questions from one domain crown whoever owns that domain, while eight from eight domains crown the best generalist, which is what trivia rewards.
What the form leaves to the quizmaster. Timers, jokers, and tie-breaker rounds are paraphernalia a form cannot referee, and a good quizmaster improvises them anyway. Picture rounds are the other omission: they play well in person, but they turn a two-minute link into a production project. Start with the format that ships tonight.
Who runs it. Bar and cafe owners running a standing Tuesday fixture, remote team leads replacing another status meeting with something people join, teachers ending the week with a low-stakes quiz, and newsletter writers who have learned that a scored link is the most-clicked thing they can send.
Swapping in your own questions. Swap in your own eight and re-point each scoring rule at the new correct option; the Logic panel shows all eight rules in a list, so it is a two-minute edit. Keep answers factual and single-keyed, because the moment a question is arguable, the ending screen starts a fight the form cannot finish. For weekly leagues, export the CSV after each round and keep a running total in a spreadsheet, then set a close time in Settings so late entries do not trickle in after the answers are revealed at the bar.
Frequently asked questions
Do players see their score immediately?
The ending screen pipes the live score into the headline the moment they submit, and the grading rules choose champion, solid, or warming-up copy to match.
How do I run this as a weekly leaderboard?
Each submission stores the team name, every answer, and the computed score. Export the CSV after each round and keep the season tally in a spreadsheet; the timestamps settle any late-entry disputes.
Can I stop people from entering twice?
Turn on duplicate prevention in Settings, per-device or per-IP, and repeat submissions from the same source are declined politely.
How do I change a question without breaking the scoring?
Edit the question and its options, then open the Logic panel and re-point that question's rule at the new correct option. One rule per question keeps the wiring obvious.
Can entries close when the round ends?
Set a close date and time in Settings, or cap total responses. After that the form shows your closed message instead of accepting answers.