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Trivia night template

A five-round trivia quiz with a live leaderboard for parties, fundraisers and team socials.

Use this template — free5 questions · free plan · works in PowerPoint

What's in it

  1. 1Quiz competition

    What is the only food that never goes bad?

    • Rice
    • Honey ✓
    • Salt crackers
    • Peanut butter

    Why: Sealed honey has been found edible in ancient Egyptian tombs.

  2. 2Quiz competition

    How many hearts does an octopus have?

    • 1
    • 2
    • 3 ✓
    • 4

    Why: Two pump blood to the gills and one pumps it to the rest of the body.

  3. 3Quiz competition

    Which country has the most time zones?

    • Russia
    • United States
    • France ✓
    • China

    Why: Counting its overseas territories, France spans 12 time zones.

  4. 4Quiz competition

    What is the most spoken language in the world, counting all speakers?

    • Mandarin Chinese
    • Spanish
    • English ✓
    • Hindi

    Why: English has the most total speakers; Mandarin has the most native speakers.

  5. 5Quiz competition

    How many keys does a standard piano have?

    • 76
    • 88 ✓
    • 92
    • 100

    Why: 52 white keys and 36 black keys.

How to run it

Players join with a nickname. Faster correct answers score more, so the leaderboard stays tight.

  1. Click Use this template. It is copied into your account as a session you can edit.
  2. Click Present session, or insert the Pingroom add-in on your PowerPoint slides.
  3. Your audience opens pingroom.app/p/yourname or scans the QR code, and answers from their phones.

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