🎰 How to create a Win or Lose Quiz activity

The Win or Lose Quiz template is a fast-paced, high-energy way to test student knowledge. Unlike a static quiz, this activity keeps students on their toes as they make split-second decisions while risk-reward choices slide across the screen.

In this article:

• How to create a Win or Lose Quiz activity?

• How is the Win or Lose Quiz played?

• Where can I find some more examples?

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How the Win or Lose Quiz activity is played

The user must quickly read the item card and choose whether to accept or reject it before the item disappears or the round timer runs out.

• The objective is to maximise your total score or complete the streak by collecting positive value tiles while dodging penalty traps.

• On the final screen, users can review their answers, enter their name on the leader board, or complete the activity again.

  

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Creating your activity

1. Click Create Activity, search for Win or Lose Quiz, and select the template.

   

   
    

2. You have two ways to set the prompt:

   • Click Generate with AI and type a prompt.

   • Or simply type your own instructions into the activity title or instruction field.

3. Add Your Content:

   • Win Items: Type statements, answers, or terms that are correct and award positive points.

   • Lose Items: Type statements, traps, or incorrect answers that trigger a deduction or end the streak.

   • Optional: You can add an image to any item to make it a visual identification task.

4. Click Add an item or press Enter to add more questions. The more items you add, the more varied the game will be.

5. Click Done to save.

   
    

6. Scroll down to Visuals style to add a creative style to your activity, or tailor the difficulty in the Options panel below the activity:

   

   • Timer
     • None: Disables the overarching clock limit, allowing students to process questions and evaluate risk at their own pace.
     • Count up: Displays an ascending stopwatch to track exactly how long the student takes to complete the entire quiz sequence (selected in the screenshot).
     • Count down: Sets a strict, descending time limit (e.g., 5 minutes) to inject extra decision-making pressure into the rounds.
   • Difficulty
     • See answers before choosing bet: When checked, this option lets students preview the answer selections prior to placing their wager or score commitment, giving them an advantage to gauge their confidence level (unchecked/disabled in the screenshot).
   • Random
     • Shuffle question order: When checked, the sequence of questions is scrambled and randomised every time the activity is loaded, ensuring that adjacent students encounter different item paths (unchecked/disabled in the screenshot).
   • Marking
     • Automatically proceed after marking: When enabled, the game instantly logs the scoring feedback and automatically advances the screen to the next item layout without requiring manual navigation.
   • End of game
     • Show answers: When checked, this allows students to review a full, itemised breakdown of all correct and incorrect choices on a summary review screen at the conclusion of the quiz.
   • Saving options
     • Apply to this activity: Saves these specific countdown, difficulty, and marking rules only for the single active game file you are currently editing.
     • More: Click this drop-down to find:
       • Set as default for template: Remembers these options as your standard configuration layout for all future games you build using the Win or Lose Quiz template.
       • Revert to default: Clears your recent temporary changes and restores the parameters back to your previously saved personal defaults.
       • Revert to author's setting: Restores the settings back to the original layout parameters set by the initial community creator.

Pro-Tip: Remember to click Apply To This Activity to save your changes. If you want these specific rules to apply to all your future Win or Lose activities, click More and select Set as default for this template.

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Creating Win or Lose 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 Win or Lose Quiz.

   

   
    

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

   
    

3. Enter your content:

   • Topic: Type a thematic focus like "Safe vs. Dangerous Chemicals" or "Factually True Historical Statements."

   • Text / Notes: Paste your study guidelines or lesson plans. The AI will isolate accurate facts to build your "Win Items" and create corresponding distractors or falsified statements for the "Lose Items."

   • File: Upload a PDF or Word doc. Wordwall AI will automatically analyse your text parameters, segmenting definitions into distinct reward and penalty cards.

4. Click Generate. Review the split columns, manually edit or adjust any phrasing to match your lesson constraints, and hit Done.

   

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Need inspiration?

Some examples of Win or Lose activities have been created by our users and shared with the Wordwall resource community.