Jeopardy-style quiz board maker

Prepare questions around the topics you want to review, then choose the board size. The default is 5×5, and empty squares are skipped during play.

1. Open Edit and set Categories, Rows, and Points. You can use 1 to 6 categories and 1 to 6 rows.
2. Enter a question and answer in each square, or paste your prepared rows into Paste a list and select Use this list.
3. Choose 2 to 6 teams and assign each team a buzzer key. Set any wrong-answer deductions, bonus squares, or question timer before starting.
4. Select Start game, then open a square on the board. Read the question before selecting Open buzzers or pressing Space.
5. Judge the responding team with Correct or Wrong. Use Show answer to reveal the answer and Back to board to continue.

Teams use keys on one laptop, not separate phones. The default keys are A, L, Z, M, Q, and P; on a touch screen, teams can use large on-screen buzzer buttons instead.

Press Space after reading the question to open the buzzers. The first team to press locks out the others, and an early press locks that team for 1 second unless you turn that setting off.

As of August 27, 2026, 45 states had enacted laws or policies on K-12 classroom or school cellphone usage. This buzzer setup does not require student phones, so you can run it within your school's device rules.

You can include 0 to 2 bonus squares, hidden at random outside the first row. The team that finds one chooses a wager from 0 up to its current score or the highest square value on the board, whichever is greater. A correct answer adds the wager; a wrong answer subtracts it.

The optional final round uses one last question for all eligible teams. Each team with more than 0 points can risk from 0 up to its whole score, and you mark each team's answer right or wrong. Teams with no points cannot wager.

Arrange each row as Category, Points, Question, Answer, separated by tabs or commas. Copying spreadsheet cells gives you tab-separated text; for comma-separated rows, keep the same number of commas on every line.

The example below shows the column order with prompts you can adapt to your lesson. You can also paste a plain question-and-answer list, which is arranged in up to 5 categories of up to 5 rows, with 100 points per row.

Choose the amount of material before class rather than filling every square. For a shorter game, leave unused squares empty and set a clear stopping point.

• Whole-class warm-up: use a small set of questions from the previous lesson and stop when those squares are played.
• Review-day teams: organize categories by test topic and play through the selected board before the lesson ends.
• Small-group practice: have teams discuss each prompt before buzzing, using the optional 10 to 60 seconds per-question timer.
• End-of-lesson check: use the optional final round as the last question, then discuss the answer before dismissal.