Question types
  • 21 Feb 2024
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For all types of questions in myQuiz, you can provide additional information with the answer, display promo blocks, and set custom timing.

Go to the Quiz editor. Create a new quiz or edit one of the existing quizzes. Navigate to Questions

Provide an explanation allows you to display additional information when the correct answer is revealed (e.g. interesting facts related to the question). It will appear on the participants devices below the answer options:

Add promo block allows you to show promo information (text and image) for participants who have answered the question already and are waiting for the answer to be revealed.

Add modal window allows you to show an image banner in a modal window for participants who have answered the question already and are waiting for the answer to be revealed. You can set up the time for which the banner will

Manual transition control allows you to freeze the game after this question, until you manually click Next in presenter view controls.

Custom time settings allow you to control the time for participants to answer a question and the time during which the answer with explanation is shown.


Add images

There are two ways to add an image to a question. You can upload an image from your computer or use an image from the free stock image library.

To add your own images drop them to the Media area in the questions editor.

To use an image from the free stock image library, click on the Media area and select the Find free images tab. Find an image using the search field and click on it to add it to your quiz.

Add .GIFs

To add .GIFs to your question, click on the Media area, select Upload GIF tab and choose the .GIF on your computer.

Note: max. supported .GIF size is 2MB.


Add videos

There are two ways to add a video to a question. You can embed a YouTube video or upload your own.

To embed a YouTube video, click on the Media area, select the YouTube video tab and paste the link to the video you want to add.

Note: according to YouTube policy for embedded videos: 1) the video playback will start muted, 2) the title of the video will be displayed

We suggest that you ask participants to unmute (e.g. add a note in the text box of a question). 


To upload your own video, navigate to the Upload video tab and choose the video from your computer.

Note: max. video length is 2 mins, max. upload size is 100 MB, supported file formats: AVI, MP4, 3GP, MPEG, MOV, FLV, F4V, WMV, MKV, WEBM, VOB, M4V, MPG, OGV, TS, M2TS, MTS.


Go to the Quiz editor. Create a new quiz or edit one of the existing quizzes. Navigate to Questions > Add a question

Multiple choice is a question type which allows participants to select one or several answers among presented options.

When multiple correct options are selected, participants will get a hint for how many correct answers they should select. If you want to disable it, turn on Hide the number of correct answers.


You can also try our newest feature and generate a Multiple choice question with ChatGPT!

In order to use the generation, all you have to do is enter a keyword or phrase into the appropriate line in the interface and voilà, question ready!

Note: AI question generation is in testing mode, so please test the question before using it, even a neural network can make mistakes.

True or false questions can be created by leaving only two answer options for the multiple choice or image based answers questions.


Image based answers questions allow you to use images for answer options.


Open-ended question allows you to ask participants to submit a free-form text answer. To add multiple correct answers press Enter after typing each one of them.


Polling is a question type for gathering participants' opinions. Participants will be presented with answer options and live poll results after they’ve selected their answer option. There are no points awarded for polling questions.


Word Cloud is a type of question that gather participants responses in a more unique way. Simply ask your audience a question, and have them answer using their smartphones or other devices. Answers appear on the screen in real time, creating a Word Cloud. The answers that occur more often increase in size, making it easy to spot the most popular answer.


Drawing answer is a question type that allows you to collect answers in the form of drawings. To create a drawing question, you can choose one of the nouns which are recognized by AI. Participants will be presented with a whiteboard on which they can draw their answers. AI will recognize participants drawing and automatically award points to those who have drawn the correct answer (noun you have selected).

Slide is a question type that allows you to create slides (with text, links, and images) or import Google slides presentation.

To add Google Slides:

  1. Open Google Slides presentation that you want to add
  2. Press File > Publish to the web
  3. Copy and paste the link to the Google Slides link field in the question editor


Note: if your Google Slides presentation contains multiple slides, participants will only be able to go through it manually, using controls at the bottom of the slide.


Round is a question type that allows you to break a quiz into rounds with text, links, and images.


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