📺 How to create a Gameshow Quiz activity

The Gameshow Quiz is the ultimate high-energy classroom activity. It takes the classic multiple-choice quiz and adds the excitement of a TV studio, complete with ticking clocks, power-ups, and dramatic sound effects.

IN THIS ARTICLE:

• How is the Gameshow Quiz activity played?
• How and what do you type into Edit content for Gameshow Quiz?
• Where can I find some more examples?

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How the activity is played

The game unfolds as a series of fast-paced rounds:

• The Interaction: Students see a question and must select the correct answer before the countdown timer at the top runs out.

• Lifelines: Just like a real game show, students can use lifelines (like 50:50 or Time Extensions) to help them with tricky questions.

• Bonus Rounds: Between levels, a bonus round appears! Students pick a card or spin a wheel to win extra points, score multipliers, or even extra lives.

• The Result: On the final screen, students can review their answers and see how they stack up on the Leaderboard.

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Creating your Gameshow Quiz

• Click Create Activity and choose Gameshow Quiz.

  
   

• Type your question into the box at the top. Feel free to upload an image to add a visual element to the question.

• Enter Your Choices:

  • Provide between 2 and 6 choices (labeled a through f).

  • Mark the Correct Answer: Click the checkbox next to the right answer.

  • Optional: You can use images for the answers instead of text for a "Picture Round" feel.

• Click Add a question or press Enter to keep building your show.

• Click Done to save.

  
   

• In the Options panel below the activity, you can act as the "Show Producer":

  

  • Timer:

    • None: Students can review questions and take as much time as they need without clock pressure.

    • Count down: Imposes a strict time limit per question to challenge rapid-fire recall. 

  • Lives:

    • Use the slider to determine how many mistakes a student can make before encountering a Game Over screen. 

  • Questions before a bonus round:

    • Adjust the slider to set how frequently the interactive game show bonus stage appears. 

  • Lifelines:
    Toggle these checkboxes to determine which typical game show helpers are available to the student during play:

    • 50:50: Gives students the option to eliminate two incorrect answers.

    • x2 Score: Allows students to double the points earned on a selected question.

    • Extra Time: Grants additional seconds to the question countdown timer when activated.

    • Cheat: Allows students to reveal the correct answer directly.

  • Random:

    • Shuffle question order: If checked, this randomises the sequence of questions so they appear in a completely different order every time a student plays.

    • Shuffle answer order: If checked, the multiple-choice options within each question are mixed randomly, preventing students from simply memorising answer placement (e.g., "the answer is always A").

  • End of game:

    • Show answers: Allows students to review the full list of correct responses at the end of the session to check their work.

  • Saving options:

    • Apply to this activity: Saves these specific choices only for the activity you are currently editing.

    • More: Click this drop-down to find:

      • Set as default for template: Saves these settings as your "go-to" configuration for every future activity you create using the Gameshow quiz template.

      • Revert to default: Clears custom changes and returns the panel to your previously saved personal defaults.

      • Revert to author's setting: Restores the settings used by the original creator of a community activity.

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Creating Gameshow Quiz with AI

You don't need to be a prompt expert to use our AI. It is designed to be intuitive and accessible directly from the activity creator.

1. Click Create Activity and select Gameshow Quiz.

   
    

2. Look for the ✨ Generate with AI button (magic wand icon) at the top right of the content editor.

   
    

3. Enter your content:

   • Topic: Type a subject like "Past Tense Sentences" or "Scientific Definitions."

   • Text / Notes: Paste a paragraph. The AI will extract the key sentences and prepare them for unjumbling.

   • File: Upload a PDF or Word doc. Wordwall AI will analyze the text and generate a series of scrambled sentence tasks based on your file.

4. Click Generate. The AI will populate the list with correct sentences. Review them for any specific punctuation or phrasing you want to change, and hit Done.

   

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Need Inspirations?

Some examples of Gameshow Quiz activities have been created by our users and shared with the Wordwall resource community.