❓ Quiz Show

🎮 How to play

Answer enough questions correctly to reach the goal before you run out of lives.

• Click or tap an answer: Choose that answer.

⚙️ Your functions

You write these functions. The game calls them when something happens.

• onCorrect()

  Runs after a right answer.

  function onCorrect() {
    score = score + 1;
  }

• onWrong()

  Runs after a wrong answer.

  function onWrong() {
    lives = lives - 1;
  }

🎚️ Settings you can change

Variables at the top of your code are the game's settings. Change a value, press Play, and see what happens.

questions = your list of questions

Your list of questions. Each one is { q: "…", options: ["…", "…"], answer: 0 }. answer counts from 0, so the first option is 0. optional

goal = 2

Correct answers (points) needed to win.

lives = 3

Wrong answers you are allowed.

score = 0

Your points. The game starts it at 0 and you change it in your functions. set by the game

🪜 Step by step

Each step shows code you can add to the end of your game's code. A function or variable written later replaces the earlier one, so you never have to delete anything.

1. 1Read a question

   Each question is an object with three parts: q (the question), options (2 to 4 choices) and answer (the number of the right choice, counting from 0).

   let questions = [
     { q: "What is 2 + 2?", options: ["3", "4", "5"], answer: 1 },
     { q: "Which animal says moo?", options: ["Cow", "Duck"], answer: 0 },
   ];

2. 2Set the rules

   Make each right answer worth 4 points and the goal 20. Rules are just numbers you choose.

   let goal = 20;
   
   function onCorrect() {
     score = score + 4;
   }

3. 3Wrong answers cost points

   Lives are not the only way to be punished. Here a wrong answer takes 3 points off instead, and Math.max stops the score going below 0.

   function onWrong() {
     score = Math.max(0, score - 3);
   }

// ❓ My Quiz Show
let goal = 2;          // correct answers needed to win
let lives = 3;

// Each question has: q (the question), options (2 to 4 choices),
// and answer (which choice is right, counting from 0).
let questions = [
  { q: "What is 2 + 2?", options: ["3", "4", "5"], answer: 1 },
  { q: "Which animal says moo?", options: ["Cow", "Duck"], answer: 0 },
  { q: "How many legs does a spider have?", options: ["6", "8", "10"], answer: 1 },
];

function onCorrect() {
  score = score + 1;
}

function onWrong() {
  lives = lives - 1;
}

💡 Ideas to try

• A quiz about your favourite game, animal, planet or football team.
• Make wrong answers cost 5 points instead of a life.
• Write 10 questions and make the goal 60.

Tips

• The most common mistake is a missing comma between questions. Check the line number in the error.
• Put the right answer in different positions so players can't guess the pattern.

🎓 Lessons for this game

• 🔒Write a quizPremium
• 🔒Quiz scoringPremium
• 🔒Boss level: Quiz ShowPremium