Trivia game maker
A trivia game maker for quiz nights that run themselves
Write your questions, put the quiz on the TV, and everyone answers from their phone. Answers lock when the timer runs out, scores add up on their own, and you get to enjoy the room instead of marking sheets.
Free to make and host. Players join on their phones, no app.
Which planet is known as the Red Planet?
How a game works
Write the questions
Each question gets two to four answer options, one or more of them correct, and a time limit. Add a photo, an audio clip or a YouTube video to any question.
Everyone joins from their phone
Put the game on a TV, laptop or projector. Players open pardytime.app on their phones and type the PIN. No app to install and no account for players.
Play round by round
The question shows on the screen, players tap their answer, and the reveal shows who got it and how the room split. A leaderboard keeps it tense between questions.
What you get
Speed scoring
On a timed question a fast right answer scores full points, sliding down to half at the buzzer. Untimed questions score a flat amount.
See how the room answered
After each question the screen shows how many people picked each option, which is half the fun of a wrong answer.
Picture and music rounds
Put an image, an audio clip or a YouTube video on any question. Blur or pixelate part of a photo to make it harder.
No marking, no sums
Answers are scored as they come in, so a room of teams never waits on you to add up a sheet.
Where it works best
Pub and bar trivia
Run a six-round night from one laptop, with picture rounds and a live leaderboard on the bar's screens.
How many rounds a pub quiz needsOffice parties and all-hands
Everyone in the room and on the call answers on their own phone, so remote people are playing, not watching.
Office Christmas quiz questionsClassrooms
A quick multiple-choice check at the end of a lesson, with no student accounts to set up.
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Questions people ask
- How do I make a trivia game?
- Create a free account, choose Trivia, and add your questions with answer options and a time limit. When you're ready, press Host, put the screen on a TV, and players join with the PIN on their phones.
- How is the score worked out?
- On timed questions a correct answer is worth full points if it comes in straight away, falling to half points at the end of the timer. Untimed questions score a flat amount for any correct answer.
- Do players need to download an app or sign up?
- No. Players join in the phone's browser with the game PIN and pick a name. Only the host needs a free account, to save and run games.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Making games and hosting them is free, with up to 15 players in a game. Plus raises that to 100 players for $5.99 a month or $24.99 a year, and adds private games and unlimited uploads.
- Is it like Kahoot?
- It plays the same way: questions on a shared screen, answers on phones. PardyTime is built for parties and quiz nights as well as classrooms, and the same account also makes Jeopardy boards, picture quizzes and party card decks.
Guides to go with it
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Quiz night ideas that start with the format: fast multiple choice or a category board, what each one is good for, plus 24 round themes and a ready round.
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Five pub quiz scoring systems with worked examples, the marking rules to set before round one, a score sheet layout and 16 numeric tiebreakers.
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Read the guideHow Many Rounds in a Pub Quiz? Six, and the Run Sheet That Fits Them
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How many rounds in a pub quiz: six of ten questions, with a minute-by-minute two-hour run sheet, picture round placement and 60 and 90 minute versions.
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