🏫 10 classroom trivia games with no prep

1. 1

   Four corners (three corners here)

   Label three corners of the room A, B and C. Read a question, everyone walks to their answer. Movement plus thinking, and nobody answers alone.

2. 2

   Whiteboard showdown

   Every student or pair writes the answer on a mini whiteboard or paper and holds it up on the count of three. You see who knows it at a glance.

3. 3

   Around the world

   One student stands beside the next; whoever answers first moves on to challenge the next desk. Quick, loud and over in ten minutes.

4. 4

   Trashketball

   Teams answer, and a right answer earns a shot at the recycling bin with a paper ball. Two points from far, one from near.

5. 5

   Stand up, sit down

   Read a true-or-false fact; stand for true, sit for false. Good for the youngest classes and for the last five minutes of a Friday.

6. 6

   Big-screen roundOurs

   Put a Peabody round on the board with 📺 Big screen: questions and boxes fill the room and teams answer on paper.

7. 7

   Buzzer battleOurs

   Two teams, one device, one big button each. The first press rings, and the rest are locked out for two seconds.

8. 8

   Pass the question

   A question on a card goes round the table group; each student may add one clue or pass. The group answers together.

9. 9

   Quiz-quiz-trade

   Each student gets a card with one question and its answer. Pair up, quiz each other, trade cards, find a new partner.

10. 10

    Exit ticket trivia

    Three questions on a slip at the door. It doubles as a check on what the class remembered from the lesson.

Formats that teachers share widely, ranked by Peabody for how little they need; the two Ours are Peabody tools. Checked 6 November 2026.

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