A live quiz that fits your event

Choose a purpose: opening a workshop, reviewing a talk, or giving attendees a short social break. Pick topics the audience can reasonably engage with rather than relying on obscure personal knowledge. Keep cultural references and language in mind, and avoid questions that invite people to reveal sensitive personal information.

Write an explanation for every answer, even for a lighthearted quiz. If a fact changes over time, give the relevant date or use a more stable question. Check your source and ask someone else to try the quiz before the event. Ambiguous questions are harder to resolve when a whole audience is waiting for the next round.

Treat this as an example agenda and rehearse your own version. Longer stems, translation, discussion, and access needs require more time. Shorten the question list when the event runs late rather than rushing every participant through a tighter countdown.

Check the current plan’s participant limit, the venue connection, the presentation display, and how attendees will reach the Join Game page. Open a room from the reviewed saved quiz, share the PIN, and wait for participants before starting. Display clear joining instructions and say them aloud; do not rely on a small visual cue alone.

Use End Question when you want to close a question and discuss its results. Next Question moves forward and can close an open question as part of advancing, so it is not a pause button. Explain how the round works before starting, including that the score can depend on answer timing. For a meaningful or regulated prize, review applicable rules separately rather than treating the leaderboard as a verified competition system.

Ask about access requirements before the event. Timers can be set from 5 to 300 seconds per question, but timed play will not fit every audience. Prepare an alternative discussion or response method where needed. OpenQuiz does not provide an established untimed or individual-timer mode.

If a player reloads or reconnects, the room keeps its existing question deadline; rejoining does not grant extra time. Test the connection before the event and agree on a verbal fallback if service is interrupted. Finish by discussing the questions and thanking people for taking part, including those who used the alternative activity.