The big questions

What if the internet drops or a phone dies?

The quiz carries on: it runs on your laptop and the pub’s Wi-Fi, not the internet. A phone that loses its connection rejoins by itself with its team’s score and answers intact, or with one tap of Join if it was gone for more than half a minute.

If a phone dies, a teammate joins on their own phone under the same team name and carries on with the team’s score.

My regulars aren’t techy. Will they manage?

If someone at the table can scan a QR code, the table can play. Only one phone per team is needed, there’s nothing to download and no sign-up.

How many teams can play?

As many as turn up. There’s no team limit on any plan or on your free monthly night. Practice quizzes take up to three.

Do I have to write my own questions?

Yes, or start from the example quiz that comes with every account. Quiz companies write a quiz once and share it with every quizmaster.

Plans and billing

What is a quiz night?

One real quiz started for teams, in the pub or online. Studio uses one when you start it, from your plan’s nights for the month first and then from any packs you hold.

Writing quizzes, and practice quizzes with up to three teams, never use a quiz night.

How do packs work?

Packs of extra quiz nights can be bought on any plan, Warm-up included. They never expire, and are only used once your month’s nights run out.

Every pack and its price is on Pricing.

Can we move up or down a plan?

Yes, any time, from your Qwizworks account, by an owner or someone allowed to buy, and the new plan starts straight away. Moving up keeps every result for longer. Moving down deletes results older than the smaller plan keeps, and you’re told before you confirm.

What happens if we cancel?

A monthly plan you cancel runs to the end of the month you’ve paid for, and your account then goes back to Warm-up. Pack nights you hold stay yours, a quiz that has started always runs to its end, and writing quizzes and practice quizzes stay free.

What currency are the prices in?

Pounds sterling. Qwizworks is not registered for VAT yet, so none is added.

Does the AI assistant cost extra?

No. AI help writing quizzes comes with Regulars and League, with a monthly allowance included in the price. Warm-up and Local don’t include it.

Is there a plan bigger than League?

Grand Final, for anything bigger than League: its quiz nights, space, AI help and people are agreed with you.

To agree one, write to [email protected].

Getting started

What do I need for a quiz night?

A Windows laptop connected to the pub’s TV or projector, the pub’s Wi-Fi, and one phone per team. Teams don’t download anything. Mac and iPad versions are on the way.

How do I start for free?

Press Start free and make an account, with no card. You get one real quiz night free every month and as many practice quizzes as you like.

Then download Studio, sign in, and try the ready-made example quiz waiting for you.

Can I practise before the night?

Yes, on every plan including Warm-up. A practice quiz runs the whole quiz for up to three teams and never uses a quiz night, so you can try it with your own phones.

Can I write a quiz without installing anything?

Yes. Sign in to Qwizworks in any web browser and write your quizzes there. To run the night in the pub, put Studio on the laptop.

Running a night

Does it work in a pub with no internet?

Yes. In the pub, the quiz runs on your laptop and the phones join over the pub’s Wi-Fi, so nothing needs the internet during the night.

Studio just needs to go online once every 14 days, and your free monthly night on Warm-up starts online. A quiz that has started always runs to its end.

Can we run a quiz online, with no venue?

Yes. The quiz runs over the internet instead, so teams join with a short code from anywhere. It’s handy for a quiz with no venue at all, or a big room where the Wi-Fi struggles. Run it from Studio or your web browser.

What if something goes wrong mid-quiz?

Studio saves the quiz at every step. If the quiz screen crashes, Studio reopens it where it was and the screen says Resuming the quiz. If the laptop itself goes down, open Studio again and it offers to carry on from where you were.

Every phone rejoins with its team’s score intact.

Can I use a presentation clicker?

Yes. A standard presentation clicker moves the quiz forward and back, as long as Studio’s own window, not the one on the TV, is the one in front.

Who in our team can run quizzes?

Anyone you invite to your account, as an owner, a quizmaster or a question writer. Local includes 3 people, Regulars 10 and League 50.

Teams and phones

How does a team join a quiz?

Join the pub’s Wi-Fi, then point the phone’s camera at the QR code on the screen. Nothing to download, no account to make: the team picks its name and plays. For an online quiz there’s also a short code to type in.

What do the teams’ phones need?

The Answerpad app, or any up-to-date browser with nothing to download. In the pub the phone joins the pub’s Wi-Fi; for an online quiz it needs the internet.

Do teams need an account?

No. Teams play as guests under the name they choose. Only you and the people you invite to your Qwizworks account sign in.

Where do teams get the Answerpad app?

On Android, from the Answerpad link on Qwizworks’ Downloads page, which anyone can open, so a team can install it from a QR code you show. On iPhone it is coming to the App Store. Any phone’s browser plays without it.

Data

What about our data and GDPR?

Teams are guests with no account, and give an email only if your quiz asks for one. Anyone on your account who deletes their own account has their personal data erased.

What is held and why is in the privacy policy.

How long are results kept?

For as long as your plan keeps them, from one month on Warm-up to a year on the larger plans, and then they are deleted.

Each plan’s time is on Pricing.

Where are our quizzes kept?

In your Qwizworks account, shared with everyone on it, up to your plan’s space. Studio also keeps the quizzes it has opened on the laptop.

Each plan’s space is on Pricing.

Still stuck?

Say which plan you are on, and for a problem on the night, the quiz, the time and what the screen showed.

[email protected]

Your next quiz night starts free

Sign up free, open the ready-made example quiz and try it tonight with three phones round the table.

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