10-Question Trivia Quiz with Timer and Leaderboard

Running live trivia usually means printed question sheets, a volunteer keeping score on a napkin, and at least one argument about whether an answer should count. This template moves the whole game onto players' phones: answers are scored the moment they're submitted, a countdown keeps rounds moving, and a leaderboard settles the rankings without anyone reaching for a calculator.

You get ten mixed-topic questions worth 10 points apiece, a visible 10 minute clock, and a 60 point pass mark out of 100. Every part of it is editable, but the defaults are solid enough to run a game tonight.

Geography, art, science, and one famous myth

The stock question set is deliberately broad so no single team of specialists runs away with it. It opens with "What is the capital city of Australia?" and moves through the painter of the Mona Lisa, the year World War II ended, the chemical symbol for gold, and the largest ocean on Earth. Two true or false items target popular misconceptions, including the claim that the Great Wall of China is visible from space with the naked eye.

Formats vary as well. Most questions are single choice, two are true or false, and two are select-all items, one asking players to pick the programming languages from a list that sneaks in Photoshop, the other asking which elements are noble gases. Every question is worth 10 points and carries a short written explanation, and because instant feedback is switched on, players see the correct answer and the why behind it right after responding.

The hosts who keep this quiz in rotation

Bar and restaurant hosts use it to replace paper answer sheets on trivia night. Team leads and HR run it as a ten minute icebreaker at offsites and remote socials, where the leaderboard does the trash talk for them. Teachers and community managers borrow the structure, swap the questions for their own material, and keep the timer and scoring intact. It's rated medium difficulty with an estimated 5 to 10 minutes to finish, so it fits into almost any agenda.

Scoring, the clock, and the leaderboard

The quiz is worth 100 points, and 60 is the pass mark. A single 10 minute limit covers the whole game, the countdown stays visible on screen, and when it hits zero the quiz submits itself with whatever answers are in. Skipping is off and players can't return to earlier questions, so an answer is final once given, which keeps live play honest. A progress indicator shows how deep into the round each player is, and question order is randomized for every taker, another guard against neighborly glances.

Afterward, the leaderboard ranks everyone who played, and retakes are enabled in the settings, so a losing team can demand a rematch. On the host side, response analytics show how the room did question by question, which tells you which items were too easy or genuinely stumped people, and results export to CSV if you want to tally scores across multiple nights.

Getting a room full of players in fast

Share the quiz link in a group chat, or put the QR code on a projector and let phones do the rest. The quiz can also be embedded on a website, posted to social channels, or dropped into a WordPress page through the Uplup plugin's shortcode. If you want submissions flowing somewhere else, webhooks and Zapier can push each result into your own tools.

The template runs on Uplup's free plan, so there's nothing to pay before your first game. Open it, keep or swap the questions, and you're set for tonight.