What a board gives you that a slide deck does not
Everything below is in Quiz Show Grid today. Nothing here is a mock-up.
- Your categories, your valuesType up to five category names. Questions fill the columns in order and the game assigns 100 to 500 down each one.
- 2 to 8 teams, scored liveEach team gets a scorecard with + and − for the cell's value. Scores can go negative. Undo Last fixes a slip.
- Reveal on the spacebarTap a cell and the question fills the projector. Spacebar reveals the answer, Esc returns to the board. Answered cells dim but stay tappable.
- Bigger banks, more boardsTwenty-five questions fill one board. A 50-question bank is two boards, joined by Next Board. A 15-question bank is three rows.
- AI bank builderPick a subject and grade, add a note about the topic, and it drafts 5 to 20 questions. You review every one before it reaches the board.
- One bank, 60 gamesThe bank you build for the board also runs the other 29 Game Room games and, on the Bundle, the 30 student Arcade games.
How it works in 3 steps
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Pick or build a question bank
Open Quiz Show Grid and choose a bank from My Question Banks. No bank yet? Create with AI: pick the subject and grade, add a note about the topic, and it drafts 5 to 20 questions you edit before you play.
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Set teams and categories
Choose 2 to 8 teams and name them, or let the game pick names. Type your category names, comma separated. Up to 25 questions fill one board at 100 to 500 points; a bigger bank adds a second board.
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Start the show
Tap a cell and the question fills the screen. Press Reveal Answer (or the spacebar), tap + on every team that earned it, and Esc back to the board. Clear the board and Crown the Champions.
What the class sees
A jeopardy template versus a question bank
A jeopardy template is a slide deck with 25 linked slides. It works, and most teachers have one. It also has to be rebuilt for every unit, it keeps score on a whiteboard, the links break when a slide moves, and the questions live inside that one file.
A question bank is the same 25 questions stored once. The board draws itself from the bank, scoring is on screen, and the questions are still there next year, in the next class, and in every other game that reads the bank. A jeopardy game for the classroom should be the ten-minute version of the job, and that is what the bank makes it.
What Quiz Show Grid does not do: it has no wagers or daily-double cells, no timer, and no student devices in this game. Teams answer on whiteboards and you judge. Teachers who want every student answering on a device use the same bank in the Arcade.
Boards by subject
Category ideas, a difficulty ladder and team rules for each subject, written for a quiz-show board.
- Math jeopardyMath categories and team rules
- Spelling jeopardySpelling categories and team rules
- Spanish jeopardySpanish categories and team rules
- Science jeopardyScience categories and team rules
- US history jeopardyUS History categories and team rules
- Geography jeopardyGeography categories and team rules
- History jeopardyHistory categories and team rules
- ELA jeopardyELA categories and team rules
- Vocabulary jeopardyVocabulary categories and team rules
- Geometry jeopardyGeometry categories and team rules
- Biology jeopardyBiology categories and team rules
- Grammar jeopardyGrammar categories and team rules
- Chemistry jeopardyChemistry categories and team rules
- Algebra jeopardyAlgebra categories and team rules
- World history jeopardyWorld History categories and team rules
- Social studies jeopardySocial Studies categories and team rules
- Fractions jeopardyFractions categories and team rules
Running a jeopardy game for the classroom
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Every team works every question. The choosing team picks the cell; any team with the right answer on its whiteboard at the reveal earns the points. That one rule is the difference between a game and a spectator sport.
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Make the values honest. A 100 is recall. A 500 needs the whiteboard. Students will reach for the top row only if it has been worth it before.
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Use the minus button on purpose. Announce before the first pick which rows can cost points. It keeps bold guessing alive without punishing a team into silence.
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End on the podium. Crown the Champions after the last cell, then spend two minutes on the cells the room got wrong. That is the review you came for.
Jeopardy game maker questions, answered
Is this jeopardy game maker free?
There is a 7-day free trial, then a membership: The Game Room is $8.99 a month or $49 a year and includes Quiz Show Grid, 29 other whole-class games, the question bank library and the AI bank builder. Cancel anytime, including during the trial.
Do students need devices?
No. Quiz Show Grid is a projector game. You run it from one computer, teams answer on whiteboards or out loud, and you award the points. The same question bank also plays in the Arcade games if you want each student on a device later.
How many questions make a full board?
Twenty-five fills a 5-by-5 board at 100 to 500 points. Fewer questions give a smaller board (15 questions is three rows). More than 25 adds a second board you reach with Next Board.
Can I bring my own jeopardy template questions?
Yes. Type or paste them into a question bank, or import a bank file. Each question needs a question and an answer; multiple choice is optional. Category names are a comma-separated list on the Settings tab.
Can the AI write the questions?
Yes. In My Question Banks, Create with AI takes a subject and grade and an optional note about the topic, then drafts 5 to 20 questions. You review and edit them before you play.
Is this the TV show?
No. Jeopardy! is a trademark of Jeopardy Productions, Inc., and The Game Room is not affiliated with or endorsed by it. Quiz Show Grid is our own quiz-show board for classroom review, with its own look and rules.