10 Fun Quiz Round Ideas for Your Next Quiz Night

Want to make your quiz night exciting and varied? Here are 10 quiz round ideas that will keep participants engaged, challenge their knowledge, and spark friendly competition.

1. General Knowledge

Classic questions across multiple topics like history, science, geography, and current events.
Think of questions that everyone may know! keep it generic, for example, questions about pop culture, math puzzles or common history.

2. Picture Rounds

Face swap

Have a round full of celebrity faces that have been combined, and ask the teams to guess who the two combined celebrities are.

Maps

A round that really tests people's knowledge is featuring satellite map imagery or a birds eye view photo of a location (think famous landmark, national park, football stadium) and ask the teams to guess where they think it is!

Baby Pictures

What about a round of your quiz participants' baby photos! You can then get your teams to guess who they think is in each picture.

Close ups

Quiz your teams on close-up photos of faces or objects and get them to guess who or what they think it is!

3. Music Round

Guess the intro

Play the first 5 seconds of a song and make your teams guess which song/artist it is!

Album Covers

Feature an album cover and ask your teams to guess the name of the album

Cover songs

Play instrumental covers of popular songs and see if your teams can work out who it is!

4. Movie & TV Round

Movie posters

Feature a round of movie posters with their names removed and ask the teams to guess what film they think it is! A great website for these already pre-made posters is ThePosterDB, they have a great library of pre-made content. However, a quick Google search may come up with exactly what you're after!

Famous Movie Quotes

Think your contestants are movie buffs? Get them to name a movie from its famous quote! These can be especially challenging and will really separate those die-hard movie fans.

TV Theme Intros

Queue up a playlist of popular TV Show themes, get your teams to guess which show they think they are. make it harder and make them guess what channel the show was on or the year it started/ended.

5. True or False

• Quickfire round where participants determine whether statements are true or false.

6. Word or Letter Round

• Challenges like guessing words with missing letters or identifying words from scrambled letters.

7. Science & Nature

• Questions about animals, plants, elements, or scientific facts.

8. Sports & Games

• Include questions about football, Olympics, or popular board games and video games.

9. Geography Round

• Identify countries, cities, rivers, or mountains from clues or images.

10. Fun & Weird Facts

• Light-hearted round with quirky trivia, unusual facts, or funny questions to keep the mood lively.

Mix and match these rounds to create a unique quiz night every time. For ready-to-use quiz packs and printable rounds, check out our Download Resources page!