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Quiz Board: a Jeopardy-Style Classroom Game

Turn test review into a team game show. Pick a ready-made board or type your own questions, split the class into teams and project the board — scores, Daily Double and a final question are built in.

Time: 15–45 min
Grades: 2–12
Group: Teams
Materials: None

Quiz Board

What is Quiz Board?

A quiz board is the classic game-show review game: a grid of categories across the top, point values down each column, and teams taking turns to choose a tile. Easy questions are worth 100 points and the hardest are worth 500. It is one of the most popular review games in classrooms because it turns a list of questions into a competition that every student wants to win.

This free Quiz Board runs entirely in your browser, so there is nothing to download and no slides to build. Choose one of the ready-made boards for grades 2–3, 4–5 or 6–8 (or the Halloween trivia board), or type your own categories and questions in seconds. The game keeps score for up to six teams, hides a Daily Double, adds an optional final question and celebrates the winning team with confetti. When you build your own board you can copy a share link, so a colleague can open exactly the same game.

How to play Quiz Board in class

Choose your questions
Pick a ready-made board, or choose “My own board” and type each category as “# Category” followed by one “Question | Answer” line per tile, easiest first.
Make teams
Split the class into 2–6 teams and type their names. Each team gets a color and an animal icon so everyone can find their score from the back of the room.
Pick a tile
Teams take turns choosing a category and value. Click the tile to open the question in big text. An optional timer counts down while teams think.
Reveal and award
Press “Show answer” (or Space). Tap the team that answered correctly to add the points, or “Nobody” to move on. Turn on “Wrong answers lose points” for older classes.
Final question
When the board is empty, every team writes an answer to the final question. Reveal it, tap each correct team, then see the winner.

Ready-made quiz boards

Each board has five categories with five questions from 100 to 500 points, plus a final question:

Grades 2–3 mixed review: Animals, Math Facts, Word Wizards, Our Planet, Shapes & Time
Grades 4–5 mixed review: Science, Math, Geography, Grammar, Space
Grades 6–8 mixed review: Life Science, Math, World History, Earth & Space, Language Arts
Halloween trivia (grades 3–8): Spooky Science, Pumpkin Patch, Halloween Math, Monster Words, Traditions
Thanksgiving trivia (grades 3–8): Harvest Foods, Turkey Talk, Math Feast, Gratitude & Words, Holiday Facts

A few examples from the grades 4–5 board:

Science for 300: Which planet is closest to the Sun? (Mercury)
Math for 300: How many sides does an octagon have? (8)
Geography for 300: What is the capital city of Canada? (Ottawa)

Build your own in two minutes. Paste questions from your lesson plan using this format — one category header, then one question per line:

# Fractions
What is 1/2 of 10? | 5
Which is bigger, 1/3 or 1/4? | 1/3
# Final: Space
Which planet has the most famous rings? | Saturn

Your board is saved in your browser. Use “Copy share link” to send it to a colleague; the questions travel inside the link itself, so nothing is uploaded.

Variations to try

Whiteboard answers

Every team writes each answer on a mini whiteboard. All correct teams score, so nobody sits out while another team plays.

Steal the points

If the choosing team gets it wrong, the next team can try to steal. Turn on “Wrong answers lose points” to make stealing risky.

Student-made boards

Groups write a category each for a unit you have just finished. Paste them into one board for a review game written by the class.

Vocabulary board

Put definitions in the question and the vocabulary word as the answer — great for science, history and language units.

Individual play

For small groups or tutoring, name each “team” after a student and play for individual points.

Exit-ticket round

Use a one-category board with five quick questions in the last ten minutes of a lesson to check what stuck.

Teacher tips

Write questions from easy (100) to hard (500) in each category so every student has a chance to score.
Use the 30-second timer to keep the pace up; teams that know the rule stay focused.
Have one student per team act as the “speaker” so answers are clear and turns do not turn into shouting.
Board mode fills the projector with large tiles that younger students can read from the back row.
Save your custom board before class and test one tile — then press Start when students arrive.

Quiz Board: FAQ

How do you play a Jeopardy-style game in the classroom?

Split the class into teams. Teams take turns choosing a category and point value, the question is shown on the board, and the team that answers correctly earns the points. The team with the most points at the end wins.

Can I make my own quiz board?

Yes. Choose “My own board”, type each category as “# Category” followed by lines of “Question | Answer”. You can have up to six categories with five questions each, plus a final question.

Can I share my quiz board with another teacher?

Yes. Press “Copy share link”. The whole board is stored inside the link, so your colleague opens exactly the same game without any account.

What is a Daily Double?

One hidden tile is worth double points. When a team finds it, the card turns purple with a celebration before the question appears.

How many teams can play?

Between two and six. For big classes, use four to six teams of four to six students each so everyone gets to talk.

Is this the official Jeopardy! game?

No. This is an independent, free classroom quiz game in a similar style. Jeopardy! is a trademark of its owner and this site is not affiliated with it.

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Set up your Quiz Board

1. Board

2. Teams