You know the moment. You are hosting a Zoom call, everyone has their camera on, and nobody is saying anything. Whether you are a teacher competing with TikTok, a manager trying to make the weekly sync less of a slog, or the friend who volunteered to host virtual game night, a quiz is one of the quickest ways to get people talking.
There is a real reason it helps. Stanford professor Jeremy Bailenson, who studied "Zoom fatigue", argues that video calls are tiring partly because on screen we have to work harder to send and receive signals such as gestures and other non-verbal cues. A quiz gives people something to do besides stare at a grid of faces.
This guide shows you how to run a Zoom quiz from start to finish: the tools you need, the four steps to set one up, and five round ideas you can copy. If you would rather browse ready-made questions, our 50 Zoom quiz ideas with free templates יש הרבה.
What you need for your Zoom quiz
שני דברים:
- זום. The same approach works on Microsoft Teams, Google Meet and any other tool that lets you share your screen.
- Interactive quiz software. This does the heavy lifting: it shows the questions, collects answers from players' devices, scores them and builds the leaderboard. AhaSlides is available as an app on the Zoom App Marketplace, so you can run the quiz without leaving your meeting.
Good to know about the free plan. נכון ל-2026 בספטמבר, ה- AhaSlides Free plan lets you create and present up to 5 quiz questions and 3 unscored slides, such as polls, in a single presentation, with up to 50 participants. That is enough for a short icebreaker round. For a full 20-question quiz or a bigger group, you will need a - תוכנית ששולמה.
שתי דרכים להפעיל אותו
Option A: the AhaSlides app inside Zoom. Participants answer in a panel within the meeting, with no browser tab and no code to type. Both you and your players need the Zoom desktop app (Zoom Workplace or Zoom Webinar) on a PC or laptop, because the Zoom mobile app is not supported for this integration. Only you need an AhaSlides account. Players join as guests.
כדי להגדיר את זה:
- Log in to Zoom on the desktop app.
- נְקִישָׁה Apps, לאחר מכן Add apps, לחפש אחר AhaSlides ולחץ על להוסיף.
- בחר להתיר כדי להוסיף AhaSlides לחשבון שלך.
- In your meeting, open AhaSlides החל מ- Apps ולבחור Host a presentation. היכנס לחשבון שלך AhaSlides חשבון כאשר תתבקש.
- Choose your quiz presentation, select Allow to enable screen sharing, then select Allow to send invitations to the meeting participants.
Players can open the panel from the invitation, by adding the app from Apps themselves, or by choosing Join as a Participant and entering the access code. You can find the full walkthrough in the AhaSlides Zoom app guide או על AhaSlides Zoom integration page.
Option B: share your screen. If some of your players are on their phones or the mobile app, this route works for everyone. Click שתף מסך in Zoom, choose the window with your AhaSlides presentation, then press מתנה. Players scan the QR code or type the join link shown on screen and answer on their own phones while they watch your shared screen.
Whichever you choose, you can start from the AhaSlides ספריית תבניות instead of a blank presentation.
Making the best Zoom quiz in 4 steps
The Zoom quiz took off during lockdowns and has stayed popular in today's hybrid workplaces, because it keeps people connected wherever they are. Here is how to make one worth coming back to.
Step 1: Choose your rounds
Pick two or three of these, or mix and match. If none of them suits your group, there are plenty more in our Zoom quiz ideas post.
Idea 1: General knowledge round
The bread and butter of any Zoom quiz. The range of topics means everyone can answer at least a few questions. Typical categories include films, politics, celebrities, sport, news, history and geography.
Pub quizzes work online too: see how Quizland moved its pub quiz online.
Idea 2: Picture round
Picture rounds are always popular, and they are easier online than in a pub. There is no pen-and-paper handout: the image appears on the shared screen and on each player's device at the same time. In AhaSlides you can put a picture in the question, in the answer options, or both.
Idea 3: Audio round
Music quizzes, sound-effect quizzes and even birdsong rounds work well over a video call. On AhaSlides you attach an audio clip to a question, and the clip has playback controls on the slide. Adding audio to quiz questions needs a paid plan: Essential, Pro, Enterprise, Edu Medium or Edu Large.
Idea 4: Zoomed-in picture round
Show a heavily cropped picture and ask what it is. Group the questions into topics such as logos, cars, films and countries, then upload each image zoomed in far enough that players have to think. Keep it easy with multiple choice, or let players type their own guess with the Short Answer quiz type.
Idea 5: Categorise round
Players drag items into the right buckets, like a sorting hat for trivia. It works for teachers turning a revision session into a game, team leaders warming up new colleagues, or friends settling whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
Create three or four categories and name each one. Brainstorm 15 to 20 items: a few obvious ones so everyone feels clever, and some tricky ones to make people think.
Step 2: Write your quiz questions
With your rounds chosen, open your quiz software and start writing.
Choosing question types
AhaSlides has seven quiz slide types (Spinner Wheel is a game slide rather than a scored quiz question):
- בחר תשובה: multiple choice with text or image options.
- תשובה קצרה: an open question where players type their answer.
- זוגות התאמה: players match each prompt to its answer.
- סדר נכון: players arrange a jumbled list into the right order.
- לְסַוֵג: players sort items into the right groups.
- אמת או שקר: one statement, and players pick True or False.
- מלאו את החסר: players type or select the missing words in a sentence.
Mix them up. Variety keeps a virtual audience switched on.
Time limits, points and other settings
The software handles the admin, so there is no stopwatch and no tally sheet. Select a slide and open the תוֹכֶן tab to change:
- מגבלת זמן: anything from 5 seconds to 20 minutes. Quiz slides always keep a timer, because scoring depends partly on speed.
- נקודות: the maximum and minimum a player can earn.
- Faster answers get more points: players who answer sooner score higher.
- Partial scoring: for Pick Answer questions with more than one correct answer, and for Match Pairs and Categorise, you can choose whether players earn points for the answers they get right or need every answer correct.
- רמזים: on Pick Answer questions you can add up to three hints that only you can reveal.
There are also settings for the whole quiz under הגדרות, לאחר מכן Quiz experience. These include a 5-second countdown before each question, live chat in the lobby and player avatars. Team play is available on Edu Medium, Edu Large, Pro and Enterprise plans.
Customise the appearance
Presentation is part of the fun. On the עיצוב tab you can change a slide's background image or colour, its text and the chart colours, and apply your choices to the other slides.
Before you share: test it
If you have never run a live quiz before, do a dry run. Press מתנה, then join your own quiz on your phone using the code or QR code at the top of the screen. Once you are in the lobby, press התחל את החידון on your computer, answer the first question on your phone, and check that your score shows up on the leaderboard. You can also use Preview mode to try the presenter and player views without a second device. Remember to reset the results before the real game.
Step 3: Share your quiz
Get everyone into your Zoom room and start the quiz using Option A or Option B above. If you are screen sharing, your players will see the question on both their Zoom window and their phones. The lobby shows who has joined, so wait until everyone is in before you begin.
Step 4: Let's play
Work through the questions. Players answer within the time limit you set, and a leaderboard follows each question. At the end you announce the winner, and afterwards you can open the presentation report to see how everyone did.
Tips for hosting a smoother Zoom quiz
- Do a tech check five minutes early. A common snag is someone using the Zoom mobile app when your setup needs the desktop app.
- לשמור את זה קצר. Twenty to thirty minutes is plenty for a work quiz.
- Mix easy and hard questions, so nobody feels shut out.
- Play in teams for bigger groups, if your plan supports it, so quieter players share the pressure.
שאלות נפוצות
Can I run a Zoom quiz for free?
Yes, within limits. The AhaSlides Free plan allows up to 5 quiz questions and 3 unscored slides, such as polls, per presentation, and up to 50 participants, and you can always run it by sharing your screen in Zoom. Longer quizzes need a paid plan.
Do players need an account?
No. Only the host needs an AhaSlides account. Players join as guests through the Zoom app panel, the QR code or the join link.
Can players use their phones?
Yes, if you screen share and give them the join link or QR code. The AhaSlides Zoom app itself needs the Zoom desktop app.
Does it work on Teams or Google Meet?
Yes. Share your screen and players join with the code or QR code. The dedicated Zoom app is specific to Zoom.
