A QR code quiz: the whole room playing on their phones in two minutes

A quiz is the fastest way to wake up a room. It works in a history lesson, at a company training and at a wedding with questions about the couple. The biggest obstacle is usually the tech: by the time everyone has downloaded an app and typed a six-digit code, half of them have lost interest.

How it works

• Prepare your questions in your account. Each has four options and one correct answer.
• Start the quiz on the big screen. A large QR code appears, with the names of people joining underneath.
• Players scan the code, enter a nickname and wait. Nothing to install.
• You release questions one at a time. Results stay hidden until you reveal them, so nobody copies their neighbour.
• After each question you see how people voted and a mini leaderboard. At the end there's a podium for the top three.

Points for speed: try it

A correct answer is worth 1000 points if it's instant and 500 if it comes in at the last second. A wrong answer scores zero. So it pays to think fast, but not to guess blindly. Here's one question, scored exactly like the real thing:

Live or self-paced

A live quiz is led by you: you move through the questions and everyone answers at once. Great for classrooms, trainings or parties where people share a room.

A self-paced quiz lets everyone play at their own speed and see the ranking at the end. Ideal as homework, a social media challenge or a trade-fair stand where people drop by one at a time.

Tips for questions people enjoy

• 8 to 12 questions is the sweet spot. At twenty, people start checking the time.
• 20 seconds per question is enough. Harder ones can have more, up to a minute.
• Open with an easy question so everyone gets going. Put the hardest one second to last.
• Make the wrong answers believable. If the answer is obvious at first glance, nobody has fun.
• Include at least one funny question. At a work quiz, one about the boss does the trick.

Not just quizzes: quick polls

A poll without right answers works the same way: where to go for the team day, how the talk went, which date suits everyone. Results update live, so you can show them on the screen straight away.