Team Quiz

The multiple-choice quiz format is universally understood, which means Team Quiz has almost zero barrier to entry. There are no mechanics to explain, no special skills required, and no prior experience needed. Anyone can play from the moment they join.

That accessibility is a genuine advantage. When you're hosting a session with a mixed group — different departments, different ages, different levels of game experience — you need an activity where no one feels disadvantaged by unfamiliarity with the format. Team Quiz delivers that every time.

The speed bonus mechanic adds a layer of excitement that a static quiz lacks. Getting the right answer is good; getting it first is better. That simple addition turns a straightforward trivia game into something genuinely competitive, and teams tell us it's the feature that most reliably gets people talking and reacting in real time.

Virtual pub quizzes: Team Quiz is built for the virtual pub quiz format. Multiple choice questions with a timer and leaderboard replicate the atmosphere of a hosted quiz night without requiring a human quizmaster. Run it on a Friday afternoon or as a company-wide social event via video call.

Any group size: From a team of two to a company-wide all-hands, Team Quiz scales without modification. The format naturally suits large groups because everyone answers simultaneously and the speed bonus creates competitive tension even when you can't see your opponents' screens.

Company onboarding and culture events: Custom question sets let you build quizzes about your company history, values, or products. These work brilliantly for onboarding sessions — new starters learn real information while competing, which makes it stick better than a slide deck would. For more on using activities in onboarding, see our guide to remote team engagement.

Regular team rituals: Teams who build a 10-minute quiz session into their weekly rhythm tell us it's one of the most effective ways to maintain connection in distributed teams. It's short enough not to eat into the working day but meaningful enough to generate shared experiences. See our post on building team rituals that stick for the broader picture.

Match question difficulty to your audience. The best quizzes mix easier questions (which let everyone feel involved) with harder ones (which separate the top scores). If every question is difficult, participation drops; if every question is easy, there's no drama.

Use the speed bonus intentionally. The speed bonus rewards fast answering, which can disadvantage players who are more careful and deliberate. If you want a purely knowledge-based competition, turn the speed bonus off. If you want maximum excitement and banter, leave it on.

Build custom question sets for themed events. Team Quiz supports custom questions, which opens up possibilities that a generic trivia game can't match. Company trivia, questions about team members' hometowns, film-themed quizzes for award season — the format is flexible enough to support almost any theme.

Run it on a screen share for hybrid groups. For hybrid teams, ask the host to share their screen so in-room participants can see the leaderboard between questions. Remote participants each have their own screen, but the shared display keeps the group together during the reveal and scoring phases.

Create a Team Quiz in Gatherilla, choose a question set from the library or write your own, and set your preferences for number of questions, time per question, and whether the speed bonus is enabled. Share the join code and you're playing in under a minute.

Team Quiz is the most flexible activity in the Gatherilla catalogue. If you're not sure which game to run with a new group, start here — it's the safest choice for a first session, and you can branch out to more specialist games like The Range Game or Common Ground once your team is familiar with the platform.