In 1999 I built a Jeopardy-style review game on a CD, loaded it with Astronomers, Doctors, Philosophers and Musicians, and handed out copies at Georgia teacher conferences. Most of those CDs are coasters now. The game deserved better.
So here it is again, rebuilt for the browser: Quiz Showdown, the newest duel on DuelingHistory.com. No CD, no install, no ToolBook. Just a board, two teams, and a coin toss.
How the duel works
- Five categories, five rows, 10 to 50 points.
- A coin toss decides who picks first. Get it right and you keep the board. Miss it and the other team takes over, and you lose the points.
- Questions can be multiple choice or fill in the blank, and a square can show a picture or play a sound first.
That is what a picture square looks like. Pick Musicians for 30 and up comes a ragtime piano player with the clue. Type Scott Joplin, hit Check, and your team keeps the board. The sample board uses pictures I made, and Edit Board lets you add your own to any square.
Make your own board
Click Edit Board and type your own categories and questions right on the squares, pictures included. Already have questions in Excel, Google Sheets or Word? Paste them in all at once. When you are done, Save board file keeps a copy you can open next period, next year, or share with the teacher across the hall.
Put your class names in with Setup Match, pick a side, and may the best team win.
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