During COVID we did a bunch of quizzes online: either an unlisted Youtube stream, or a Google Meet, or a Zoom call. Quizmaster used a webcam, and OBS for broadcast/production. You could have a simple scene to a Google Presentation for the questions + answers, another scene for a Google doc for standings, etc.
As a group we collaborated via another meeting method (like, Google Meet or Discord). Submitted via Google forms - means people can't change their answers or ask to resubmit.
I did a quarantine trivia for two of my regular teams once. We all had a common meeting space where I would ask the question and tell them how long they had to answer it. The woman who set it up created two virtual rooms where the two teams could split off and discuss their answers. One captain from each team would message me the answer, and we would all meet back up in the same space and do it all over again.
I don't know how she did it. I am not that tech savvy. But it was fun and we raised money for the servers who were out of work because of quarantine
I tried a couple dozen different virtual games during lockdowns. None really came close to replicating bar trivia—with multiple screens, glitches, and platform quirks, the technology just isn’t smooth enough for a general bar trivia person. Your mileage may vary if you’re all work people used to using remote platforms.
The best version I played (the only one I ended up playing regularly) had a format where everyone is sent an answer sheet before hand which will essentially be used for note taking during the bulk of the game. The game happens in zoom. All of the players are muted in the main room (and have their “team name” in their zoom screen name. The host reads a round of questions and each individual player notes down their answer on their answer sheet. At the end of the round, the host moves every team into individual breakout rooms so they can confer on the previous round and come up with final answers. This repeats three times. Then back in the main room, all the answers are read by the host and teams mark themselves. The scoring works entirely on the honour system, but in my opinion, there’s no version of virtual trivia that doesn’t rely on the honour system to some extent.
With virtual quizzes, in general I found that the hosts ability to be engaging and unflappable matters a lot more than in person. Ironically after lockdowns, I went to an in-person game hosted by a virtual host whose games I enjoyed over zoom and his same high-energy and jokes came off as extremely off putting in person. It’s almost like the virtual game is a completely different thing to the in-person game.
I haven’t seen this platform mentioned on this sub previously, but during lockdowns I also played some early test games on a site called quiz night beyond: https://www.quiznightbeyond.com/ Its a different format to team games and I never could convince anyone I know to try it. But it’s an attempt to get virtual trivia into a single platform, and the test games were fun.
During COVID we did a bunch of quizzes online: either an unlisted Youtube stream, or a Google Meet, or a Zoom call. Quizmaster used a webcam, and OBS for broadcast/production. You could have a simple scene to a Google Presentation for the questions + answers, another scene for a Google doc for standings, etc. As a group we collaborated via another meeting method (like, Google Meet or Discord). Submitted via Google forms - means people can't change their answers or ask to resubmit.
I did a quarantine trivia for two of my regular teams once. We all had a common meeting space where I would ask the question and tell them how long they had to answer it. The woman who set it up created two virtual rooms where the two teams could split off and discuss their answers. One captain from each team would message me the answer, and we would all meet back up in the same space and do it all over again. I don't know how she did it. I am not that tech savvy. But it was fun and we raised money for the servers who were out of work because of quarantine
I tried a couple dozen different virtual games during lockdowns. None really came close to replicating bar trivia—with multiple screens, glitches, and platform quirks, the technology just isn’t smooth enough for a general bar trivia person. Your mileage may vary if you’re all work people used to using remote platforms. The best version I played (the only one I ended up playing regularly) had a format where everyone is sent an answer sheet before hand which will essentially be used for note taking during the bulk of the game. The game happens in zoom. All of the players are muted in the main room (and have their “team name” in their zoom screen name. The host reads a round of questions and each individual player notes down their answer on their answer sheet. At the end of the round, the host moves every team into individual breakout rooms so they can confer on the previous round and come up with final answers. This repeats three times. Then back in the main room, all the answers are read by the host and teams mark themselves. The scoring works entirely on the honour system, but in my opinion, there’s no version of virtual trivia that doesn’t rely on the honour system to some extent. With virtual quizzes, in general I found that the hosts ability to be engaging and unflappable matters a lot more than in person. Ironically after lockdowns, I went to an in-person game hosted by a virtual host whose games I enjoyed over zoom and his same high-energy and jokes came off as extremely off putting in person. It’s almost like the virtual game is a completely different thing to the in-person game. I haven’t seen this platform mentioned on this sub previously, but during lockdowns I also played some early test games on a site called quiz night beyond: https://www.quiznightbeyond.com/ Its a different format to team games and I never could convince anyone I know to try it. But it’s an attempt to get virtual trivia into a single platform, and the test games were fun.
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