How to create a great quiz event with Kvistly

Hi everyone! I’m Elena, and I am Co-founder @Kvistly. And of course I am number 1 user of Kvistly

I’ve run quiz games for all sorts of groups from 3 to 2000 people, in places around the world. Whether we’re all in one room or spread across 15 countries, I’ve seen what makes a quiz event go from good to great. Let me share some simple tips with you.

Make it yours

Make the quiz about your group. If you’re a small team or a big company, adding questions that relate to you makes everything more fun. With Kvistly, you can manually create your own questions or use our pre-ready quizzes.

You also can Ask our AI question generator to create a quiz about “Greatest Inventions of the 20th century” or “Games of Thrones” or both at the same time.

Or use our AI Question Extractor to create quiz based on your materials (you can upload plain text, ppt or word document).

Number of questions

I found out that 12–15 questions are perfect. It keeps the quiz short and dynamic, about 20 minutes, so everyone stays excited and doesn’t get exhausted

Timing matters

How long you give for each part of the quiz can really change things up. Here’s what I suggest:

• Context reading time: 8-10 seconds is enough to get ready for the question.
• Betting time: give everyone around 10 seconds to guess if they’ll know the answer.
• Answering time: 15–20 seconds is great for thinking and choosing an answer. If your group is quick, they can send our instant reactions and have some fun or make last second change
• Seeing who won: A quick 5–10 seconds result reveal is optimal. However, if you want to talk about the answers or discuss the results, you can set 0 and manually move to the next question.

For the first time we recommend to set longer time slots, and when people get used to play Kvistly you can reduce time for context reading, betting and answering.

Easy to join

Making sure everyone can play is key. Kvistly works on phones, tablets, and computers, so no one is left out. Send your players a unique link or share a QR code to access the game! And start!

And if you’re playing in a big group, use our spectator view on a screen so everyone can see without giving away the answers.

Rewards

We also encourage to have an incentive for the winner/s as it makes every game even more exciting! It can be your favourite store gift card, corporate merch or internal points that your team can spend on LnD or other nice things

Wrapping up

It’s all about bringing people together for a fun time, no matter where they are. Remember, the best quizzes feel personal, run smoothly, and keep everyone engaged. So, give these tips a try, and have a blast with your next quiz event!

Happy quizzing!

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