Live quiz games

A live quiz is a real-time, interactive quiz where the host presents the questions and players respond.

Live quizzes are great for training sessions, meetings, corporate events, webinars, and the classroom.

With FlexiQuiz, you can create a live quiz game that promotes real-time interaction. The game can include time limits, leaderboards, bonus points, and more.

How to make a live quiz

1. To start, log in to your FlexiQuiz account.
2. From your main dashboard, click +Create.
3. A window will appear; select the Create a live quiz option.

4. Now, enter a name for your quiz and click Create to open the quiz editor screen.
5. Then, choose the relevant slide format. Your options are:

Add question: You can add a scored question, such as a single-choice, multiple-choice, picture-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, matching, or free text.



Add slide: You can add content such as text or images. This slide works well for sharing information with your players - there are no points or time limits.

6. Once you have added your content to the slides, select the Configure tab.
7. You can now add various features to your quiz such as bonus points for the fastest correct answer, randomizing questions, adding confetti to the results page, grading and certificates.

Demo your quiz as a host

You have the option to practice your quiz as a host or a player.

1. From your live quiz editor screen, click Play Demo Quiz. A window will appear, allowing you to try your quiz as a host or player.
2. To try the quiz as a host, click Practice as host, and the player's lounge will appear.
3. You can play the quiz as the player called demo against five computer-generated players. Click Start Demo to begin.

Learn more about playing the live quiz demo.

Invite players to join your quiz

1. Click Play Live Quiz to open your quiz lounge.

2. You can share the access code or QR code with your audience.

Presenting your quiz

1. From your quiz lounge, you can view how many people have joined your quiz and their nicknames.
2. When you are ready to begin, click Start Quiz. There is a 3-second countdown, then the first slide will appear on your screen and for each player.
3. Continue through the quiz until you reach the final leaderboard.

Explore our top tips for hosting a live quiz.

Tracking quiz results

A leaderboard appears on the host's screen after each question. To reach the top, players must select the correct answers in the shortest time.

The last screen shows the final leaderboard. The top three players get virtual medals and you can also celebrate the results with confetti.

To analyze results after the game:

1. Go to the quiz editor screen and click on the Analyze screen.
2. From the analyze screen, you can scroll up and down the page to view the scores for each player.
3. To view the players response to each question, click select action and choose view from the drop-down menu.

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