Run Your First Live Quiz on Stream
Set up a quiz in the Live Studio, put it on a Trivia board and run it from the Control panel while viewers answer on their phones or in chat.
What you get
A live quiz on stream is a game you run during a show in the Live Studio. You write the questions, a board puts them on screen, and viewers answer in two ways:
On their phones. The board shows a QR code. Viewers scan it and answer on a web page, with no app and no account.
In chat. Answers typed in the stream's chat count on YouTube, Twitch and Facebook.
A correct answer earns points plus a speed bonus for answering fast, and a leaderboard follows each question. The quiz is built in on every plan.
Before you start
You need:
A stream with the Live Studio and your destinations set up. New to the studio? Start with How to Run Your First Live Show With Guests.
Your questions, typed in or pasted from a spreadsheet or CSV file (up to 500 per quiz).
An interactive stream left on your plan this month. See Interactive Streams and Player Limits by Plan.
Step 1: Add a Trivia board
In the studio, add a board graphic. The built-in Trivia board sample shows the question, the choices, a countdown ring, the answer, the leaderboard and the join QR code. You can also use your own graphic.
Select the board on the canvas (the scene needs a Custom layout for that) or from the Graphics panel.
Open the board's inspector and, under Content, choose Quiz.
The Trivia board adapts to 16:9, 9:16 (vertical) and 1:1, and takes the scene's brand color and font.
Step 2: Add your questions
Each question is either multiple choice or free text.
Multiple choice has 2 to 6 choices, with the keys A to F. Mark which one is correct.
Free text has a list of accepted answers. Add every form you are happy to accept, for example "NYC" and "New York City".
Step 3: Set the timing and scoring
Time per question can be 5 to 300 seconds (default 20). You can also give one question its own time, for a long question or a hard free text answer.
Scoring has two modes:
Mode | What happens |
|---|---|
Until the first correct answer | Players can keep answering and score once, on their first correct answer. A wrong guess costs time, not the question. |
First answer only | A player's first answer is final. No second chances. |
By default the quiz moves on by itself: the answer shows for 8 seconds, then the leaderboard (the top 5 on the Trivia board) for 8 seconds, then the next question opens. Switch that off to set the pace yourself, for example to talk through each answer.
When you are happy with it, press Use this quiz.
Step 4: Run it from the Control panel
A game runs while the studio is on. Go live, then open the Control panel in the studio's right rail.
Button | What it does |
|---|---|
Start quiz | Opens the first question. |
Close answers | Closes the current question before the timer runs out. |
Show leaderboard | Moves from the answer to the leaderboard. |
Next question | Opens the next question. |
Pause and Resume | Hold the quiz (a question that is open closes first), then carry on. |
End quiz | Ends the quiz. |
Play again | Appears when the quiz is over, to run it again. |
Give people a minute to join before you press Start quiz. Leave the board up with its QR code and say out loud: "Scan the code, or type your answer in chat." The Control panel also shows the phone page link and QR code to paste into the chat or the stream description.
How viewers answer
On a phone, viewers type a display name (up to 24 characters) and tap their answers. In chat on YouTube, Twitch and Facebook, they type the letter (A, B, C), the choice's text, or the answer to a free text question. Chat on Kick, TikTok and LinkedIn is not read, so viewers there play by phone.
Answers are judged by when they were given, not when they arrived, and the phone shows each question the moment it opens. So a phone player whose video runs 20 seconds behind still gets the full time. More in How Viewers Play Along on Their Phones or in Chat.
Good to know
One game at a time. Only one game runs on a stream. If you start a poll during the quiz, you are asked to end the quiz first.
Players per game. Phone and chat players count together toward your plan's limit. When the game is full, new phones see "This game is full".
Playing again costs nothing extra. Your first game opens a window (2 hours on Free, 24 hours on paid plans) that covers every game on the stream.
Add a host if you like. An AI voice can read the questions and announce the winner, or you can host it yourself with a prompter. See Use an AI Host Voice in Your Live Games.
Tips for a first quiz
Keep it short. Eight to ten questions is plenty for a first run.
Open with an easy one. The first question teaches people how to play. Make it something everyone gets right.
Keep choices short. Short choices are easier to read on a phone and fit better on a vertical board.