Trivia Quiz Template
Eight pub-style questions with instant scoring and three graded endings — run a trivia night from a single shareable link.
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 rule quietly adds one point to 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 is piped into the result copy too, which is 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 are deliberately classic pub range — geography, art, chemistry, music, sport — pitched so a sharp table gets six or seven, not all eight. Every answer is a settled fact (the Pacific is not having a comeback season), because self-grading quizzes live or die on unambiguous keys. And the mix matters more than the difficulty: eight questions from one domain crowns whoever happens to own that domain; eight from eight domains crowns the best generalist, which is what trivia is actually about.
What we left out. Timers, jokers, and tie-breaker rounds — paraphernalia that a form cannot referee honestly and that a good quizmaster improvises anyway. Also picture rounds: they play wonderfully in person, but they turn a two-minute link into a production project. Start with the format that ships tonight.
Who uses this. Bar and cafe owners running a standing Tuesday fixture, remote team leads replacing another status meeting with something people actually 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.
Make it yours. Swap in your own eight questions 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; 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, and 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?
Yes — 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?
Yes — set a close date and time in Settings, or cap total responses. After that the form shows your closed message instead of accepting answers.