Quiz Rules: How to Play the Free Online Trivia Game

Daily challenge, solo practice, and Kahoot-style multiplayer trivia. Three modes, one question bank, no signup.

Quiz is a free trivia game that lives in your browser. There is no app to install, no account to create. You pick a mode and play. This article walks through the three modes, the scoring formula, the eight categories, and the few rules that matter when you host a multiplayer round with friends.

The three modes at a glance

• Daily Challenge — five questions per language, the same five for every player worldwide that day. One attempt. Top scores feed a daily leaderboard. Resets at midnight UTC.
• Practice — pick category and difficulty, get ten random questions. Instant feedback after each answer. No daily limit, no leaderboard. Pure warm-up.
• Multiplayer — host creates a room, friends join with a 6-character code, everyone sees the same question at the same time. Fastest correct answer scores the most.

The eight categories

Quiz rolls up Open Trivia DB's 24 source categories into eight broader buckets, so no single topic is so thin that you see the same questions every game.

• General — broad knowledge that doesn't fit elsewhere.
• Geography & Nature — countries, capitals, animals, vehicles.
• History & Culture — events, mythology, politics.
• Movies & TV — film, television, anime, cartoons.
• Music & Arts — music, books, art, musicals.
• People & Pop — celebrities, comics. (Smallest pool right now; we are still expanding it.)
• Science & Tech — science, computers, mathematics, gadgets.
• Sports & Games — sports, video games, board games.

The scoring formula

Every correct answer is worth up to 1000 points. The longer you take, the lower the reward. Wrong answers and timeouts are zero. There is a floor of 100 points for any correct answer, so a slow correct still beats a wrong one.

The exact formula:

points = max(100, round(1000 × (timeRemaining / timeLimit)))

So if the time limit is 15 seconds and you answer in 3 seconds, you have 12 seconds remaining: 1000 × (12 / 15) = 800 points. Answer in the last second: max(100, 1000 × (1 / 15)) = max(100, 67) = 100. The same formula is used in Practice, Daily, and Multiplayer.

Daily Challenge in detail

The Daily Challenge gives you five questions and one attempt. The five are picked deterministically from a date-and-language seed, so every Quiz player who picks the same language gets the same five questions on the same calendar date. Easy and medium difficulty only — hard questions tend to be specific trivia that doesn't suit a one-shot daily round.

1. Open Quiz and tap Daily Challenge.
2. Pick the question language (English, Persian, or German). You can play one attempt per language per day.
3. Answer each of the five questions. There is no per-question reveal — you'll see what was right and wrong only at the end. This stops anyone from probing the API for correct answers between questions.
4. After question five, the app submits all five answers in one atomic call. Your score is locked in.
5. The result screen shows your score, today's leaderboard rank, the per-question breakdown, and an all-time leaderboard across every daily attempt.

Come back tomorrow for a fresh five.

Practice mode in detail

Practice is the un-pressured mode. No leaderboard, no daily limit, no submission step. Use it to warm up, learn a category, or just play something while waiting for friends to come online for multiplayer.

1. Tap Practice on the home screen.
2. Pick a category (one of the eight) and a difficulty (easy, medium, hard).
3. Tap Start practice. You get ten random questions from the bank.
4. For each question: read it, tap one of the four options. The correct answer is immediately highlighted in green; if you got it wrong, your choice is shown in red. Your running score updates.
5. Tap Next question when you are ready to move on.
6. After question ten you see the final score, the count of correct vs wrong, and your average answer time.

Multiplayer in detail

Multiplayer is the Kahoot-style mode. One person hosts and configures the round; up to twenty players join from anywhere with a 6-character code or a share-link. Everyone sees the same question at the same time, and the fastest correct answer scores the most.

Hosting a room

1. Tap Multiplayer then Create room. You get a 6-character code like K7P2QM.
2. Share the code or the share-link with your group. The link is gamingrooms.net/quiz?room=K7P2QM; opening it on a phone joins automatically.
3. In the lobby, configure the round: pick a category (or Mixed for any), a difficulty (or Mixed), the number of questions (5, 10, or 15), and the time limit per question (10, 15, or 20 seconds).
4. Wait for everyone to mark themselves Ready. The Start button enables once at least 2 players are present and all non-host players are ready. The host has implicit ready by tapping Start.
5. Tap Start game. A 3-second countdown plays for everyone, then the first question appears.

Joining a room

1. Tap Multiplayer then enter the 6-character code in the join field.
2. Tap Join. You land in the lobby.
3. Tap I'm ready when you are set.
4. The host starts the round.

During a round

Each question shows the text, four options, the category, the difficulty, and a countdown bar. You tap one option. Your choice is locked in immediately and you'll see "Answer locked. Waiting for the rest..." while the timer runs. The question ends when the timer hits zero or when all players have answered (whichever comes first; with a 5-second minimum so a fast answer doesn't cut off slower readers).

Then a 3-second reveal: the correct option is highlighted, your answer is highlighted (green if right, red if wrong), and the standings update. Then the next question.

After the last question you see the final leaderboard. The host can tap Play again to reset scores and run another round with the same group, or everyone can leave.

Anti-cheat

Trivia leaderboards only matter if you can't peek at the answers. Quiz's bank table is locked at the database level so a client cannot read the correct answer for an active question, even via the browser console. In Multiplayer, the host's quiz_reveal_round server function is the only thing that can expose the correct answer, and it only runs after the question timer expires. In Daily Challenge, you submit all five answers in a single atomic call, so probing answers one by one isn't possible.

Practice mode is intentionally permissive — you can probe yourself all day, since there's no leaderboard and the only person being cheated is you.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account?

No. Quiz uses anonymous sessions automatically. If you sign in with Google your scores carry across devices, but it is not required.

How many questions are in the bank?

About 2,500 in English at launch, growing. Persian and German banks are being added next.

What languages does the UI support?

The UI is in English, Persian, German, Arabic, Turkish, Chinese, and Hindi. The question content is currently English, with Persian and German coming next.

How long does a multiplayer round take?

5 questions takes about 2-3 minutes. 10 questions about 5 minutes. 15 questions about 7-8 minutes. Longer time limits add up.

What happens if my Internet drops mid-round?

Refresh the page. The game restores your room and current question with the remaining time.

Can I make my own questions?

Not yet. Custom packs are on the roadmap.

Try it now

You can play Quiz right in your browser, free, no signup. Daily challenge for a quick fix, practice for a warm-up, multiplayer for a Friday night with friends.

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