The Family Quiz: How to Run One Everyone Can Play

Best for: A family quiz with no parent doing the writing

Each person secretly writes questions about the others on their own phone. Quizriella turns them into a presenter-led show with teams, hot seats, dares, breaking news and a podium, and gives the smallest children their own segment.

Best for: Older children and teenagers

Fast knowledge rounds answered on phones, with a free personal tier.

Best for: Families who like trivia

A huge free library of quizzes on every subject.

Best for: A parent who enjoys writing quizzes

Questions written in advance, read aloud, answers marked at the end.

Step 1

Make the family the subject

Ask about each other, not about capitals. Who takes longest in the bathroom? What did Grandad do on his first date? Which of us cried at the end of that film? Everyone at the table is qualified to answer.

Step 2

Split into mixed-age teams

Put a child, a teenager and an adult on each team so nobody is carried and nobody is exposed on their own.

Step 3

Change the round every few questions

Alternate multiple choice with a point-at round (who is most likely to fall asleep first), a buzzer race, and a dare. The change of shape is what keeps children interested.

Step 4

Give the youngest their own moment

Ask the smallest child something impossible and award points for whatever they say. It is the part of the evening everyone remembers.

Step 5

Keep it to about twenty questions

Nobody ever complained that a family quiz ended too early. Make the last round worth double so everyone is still in it.

What are good family quiz questions?

Questions about the family itself: who said a famous family line, what someone wanted to be as a child, who is most likely to lose their keys, what a grandparent did before they had children. Anyone at the table can answer, whatever their age.

How many questions should a family quiz have?

Around twenty, broken up with point-at rounds, dares and a buzzer race. Length is the most common reason a family quiz loses the room.

Who writes the questions?

Your players do. Everyone gets an invite code, opens it on their own phone, and secretly writes questions about the others. Quizriella arranges them into a running order and adds the comedy segments between them.

Is Quizriella free?

Yes. A whole show plays for free with simple avatars, coloured discs and emoji for each player. Generating AI photos or clips of your players inside the questions is the paid part, and the cost for the whole show is quoted before anything is generated.