Quizimodo is a free real-time pub quiz platform built for bars, parties, corporate events, and any social gathering where groups want to play a live quiz together. A host creates a quiz — either by generating questions with AI in seconds or by uploading their own file — and runs the game from a Host Dashboard on a laptop or phone. Players join instantly on any device by visiting quizimodo.online and entering a 6-digit game code; no app download or account is required. A Display screen, shown on a TV or projector, shows live questions and a leaderboard so everyone in the room can follow along. Quizimodo supports groups from 2 to hundreds of players and generates quiz questions in 8 languages including English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian, making it suitable for international audiences.

How do players join a Quizimodo quiz?

Players join a Quizimodo game without needing an account, app download, or any technical setup. To join, a player opens quizimodo.online on any device — phone, tablet, or laptop — and taps the Player button. They type the 6-digit game code displayed on the host's screen or on the room's TV. After entering the code and creating a team name with a chosen emoji, they are immediately in the lobby and see a live waiting screen on their phone. When the host starts each round, questions appear directly on the player's screen and they type or select their answers. Players can rejoin mid-game if they lose their connection by entering the same code again — the host approves or declines rejoins from the dashboard. No email address or password is ever required for players to participate.

Yes. Quizimodo has a permanently free plan that lets you host live quizzes for up to 50 players, with 5 AI-generated quizzes per day. The free plan is ideal for small pub nights, birthday parties, or first-time hosts trying the platform. When you reach the daily AI limit, you can still host from the pre-built quiz library. The Pro plan removes all limits: unlimited AI quiz generations per day, unlimited players per game, custom event branding with your venue name and logo on the display and join screens, quiz file uploads, and a saved quiz library for reusing your best rounds. Pro is available as a €5 single-day pass for one-off events, a €19 per month subscription, or a €165 per year subscription — the annual plan works out to under €14 per month.

Can Quizimodo generate quiz questions automatically?

Yes. Quizimodo uses Google Gemini AI to generate complete pub quiz rounds in seconds. When creating a quiz, the host sets a topic — anything from World History to 1990s Pop Music to Company Trivia — along with a difficulty level (Easy, Medium, or Hard), the number of rounds (1 to 10), and the number of questions per round (5 to 20). The AI generates a full set of questions and answers instantly. Question types include open-answer, multiple choice, yes/no, and image rounds where players identify photos from Wikimedia Commons. AI-generated quizzes are available in 8 languages: English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian. The free plan includes 5 AI quiz generations per day; Pro users get unlimited generations and can save generated quizzes to a library.

What types of questions does Quizimodo support?

Quizimodo supports four question types that can be mixed across rounds in the same quiz. Open-answer questions require players to type a free-text response, which the host reviews and marks — built-in fuzzy matching automatically handles common typos, abbreviations, and minor spelling variations. Multiple choice questions present four options on the player's screen with one correct answer, ideal for faster-paced rounds or mixed-ability groups. Yes/No questions are the simplest format: a single proposition that is either true or false, good for quick warm-up rounds. Image rounds display a real photograph sourced from Wikimedia Commons or Openverse, and players guess what they see — popular for recognising famous faces, landmarks, logos, or animals. All four question types can be generated automatically by the AI quiz generator or written manually when uploading a custom quiz file.

How many players can join a Quizimodo quiz?

The free plan supports up to 50 players per game — enough for most pub nights, birthday parties, and small team events. Players can join individually on their own device, or multiple people at one table can share a single device and play together under one team name. The Pro plan removes the player limit entirely, supporting unlimited simultaneous participants. Large pub quiz competitions, company all-hands events, or festival quiz stages with hundreds of players are all supported on Pro. The platform uses WebSocket connections via Socket.io for real-time synchronisation, so even with many players connected, all devices receive questions, answer notifications, and score updates at the same time. On the Display screen, the leaderboard updates live after each question, showing the top teams by score regardless of how large the group is.

Can I use Quizimodo for a corporate team building event?

Yes. Quizimodo is widely used for corporate team building events, both in-person and remote. The host generates a quiz in seconds on any topic — company trivia, industry knowledge, pop culture, or general knowledge. Employees join on their own devices by entering a 6-digit code; no software download or IT department involvement is needed. For remote teams, the host shares their screen while players answer on their phones from any location. For in-person events, a TV or projector shows the live Display screen with questions and a real-time leaderboard. The Pro plan adds custom branding: your company name and logo appear on the display screen and the player join screen. Quizimodo works for teams of 5 to hundreds of players and runs entirely in the browser on any operating system.

Does Quizimodo work in languages other than English?

Yes. Quizimodo generates and hosts quizzes in 8 languages: English, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, and Ukrainian. When creating an AI quiz, the host selects the language and all questions, answers, and explanatory text are generated in that language. The host dashboard and player interface can each be switched to any of the 8 supported languages independently — so a Polish host can run a Polish quiz while players may view their interface in another language. This makes Quizimodo suitable for international corporate events, multilingual pub nights, or venues in non-English-speaking countries. Multiple rounds within the same quiz can be in different languages, allowing a host to create a mixed-language quiz night as an additional challenge.

How to Host a Pub Quiz Night — Complete 2025 Guide

Equipment checklist

The good news: you need very little. At minimum, you need a laptop or phone to run the quiz from the Host Dashboard. For a proper pub quiz feel, add a TV or projector connected to your device via HDMI or Chromecast — this is the game-changer that lets everyone in the room follow along with questions and the live leaderboard. Players use their own phones; no hardware is required for them.

→Laptop or phone (host dashboard)
→TV or projector with HDMI or Chromecast connection
→Stable Wi-Fi (share a mobile hotspot if venue Wi-Fi is unreliable)
→Answer sheets and pens — optional, for teams who prefer to write
→Microphone — optional, for large or noisy venues

How to structure your quiz

The classic pub quiz format is 4–6 rounds of 8–10 questions each, totalling 45–90 minutes. Rigid formats kill energy — vary the pace and format to keep teams engaged throughout. A strong 90-minute quiz structure: start with an easy round to build confidence, put the hardest round third when energy peaks, and end with a picture or music round as a crowd pleaser.

→Round 1: General Knowledge (easy to medium) — warm up the room
→Round 2: Themed round (sport, history, geography) — rewards specialists
→Round 3: Hard general knowledge or science — the toughest section
→Round 4: Picture or music round — crowd pleaser, levels the playing field
→Optional Round 5: Speed round or tiebreaker — builds final tension

Writing or generating quiz questions

Writing 50 good quiz questions from scratch takes 3–4 hours and risks questions that are too easy, too hard, or factually wrong. AI generation solves all three problems. Quizimodo's AI generates a complete 5-round pub quiz in under 30 seconds, calibrated to your chosen difficulty level. You can regenerate any question you don't like and edit answers before the game starts.

For hand-written questions, the golden rule is: every question must have exactly one clearly correct answer. Avoid "name a capital city of Europe" (too many right answers) and "what was Shakespeare's favourite colour?" (unanswerable). Test each question against the answer before using it.

Running the quiz on the night

Start 10 minutes late to let latecomers settle, then announce the format clearly: number of rounds, how scoring works, and your policy on phones. Set expectations early that phones are for joining the quiz only — not Googling answers.

Between rounds, give teams 30–60 seconds to review answers before locking the round. Keep the pace tight — dead time kills momentum. A good host narrates answers with a short context: "The Great Wall of China — visible from low Earth orbit, but not, as many believe, from the Moon."

Use the leaderboard between rounds to build narrative: "The Quizzard of Oz is holding first place, but Quiz Khalifa is closing in." Named competition makes people emotionally invested.

Scoring and reviewing answers

Quizimodo handles scoring automatically for multiple choice and yes/no questions, and uses fuzzy matching to catch common typos on open-answer rounds. For borderline answers ("Nile" vs "River Nile"), the host decides with a one-click override.

For a paper-based format, have teams swap answer sheets with their neighbours for marking after each round. This keeps everyone engaged during the answer reveal, but adds 5–10 minutes per round.

7 mistakes that kill pub quiz atmosphere

Even experienced hosts make these. Avoid them and your quiz will feel noticeably better-run than the competition.

→Questions too easy or too hard — calibrate to your specific audience
→Not announcing the format at the start — uncertainty frustrates teams
→Going too fast between questions — give teams 30 seconds to discuss
→Reading answers without context — explain the "why" after each one
→Letting one team dominate week after week — add specialist rounds or a handicap system
→Dead time between rounds — fill with background music or a trivia fact
→Inconsistent answer marking — publish your rules in advance (abbreviations, plurals, spelling)

Tips from experienced quiz masters

Small things that separate a good quiz night from a great one.

→Always have a tiebreaker question ready — "closest without going over" format works well
→Name your quiz — "The Crown & Anchor Pub Quiz" sounds more professional than "quiz night"
→Give teams 2 minutes at the start to choose a team name — it sets the social tone immediately
→Use picture rounds for the penultimate round — it brings a TV-show energy to the close
→Announce the date of the next quiz at the end while everyone is buzzing
→Consider a weekly leaderboard across sessions — regular teams compete for a monthly prize