Jeopardy-style game maker

What you get

• A grid of up to 6 categories × 6 questions. Point values go up by 100 for each row, so harder questions are worth more.
• Click a tile and the question fills the screen. Show answer reveals the answer, then you award the points to a team or mark it as nobody.
• Used tiles go blank, so everyone can see what is left.
• Scores for up to 6 teams, with +100 and −100 buttons for corrections or penalties.
• A buzzer button (or press B) and short sounds for right and wrong answers.

How to build a good board

1. Pick 4 to 6 categories from your unit, for example “Vocabulary”, “Dates”, “People” and “Places”.
2. Order by difficulty: 100 is a warm-up anyone in the class should get; 500 needs real understanding.
3. Keep answers short so you can check them fast: one word, a number or a name.
4. Test once before class: press Play and click through a few tiles.
5. Save it and copy the share link, so you can reuse the board next year or send it to a colleague.

Ways to play in class

Teams take turns: each team picks a tile in order. If they miss, the next team may answer. Fastest hand: every team may answer, and the first hand up gets to try. Review day: use the board as a test review and let students write the questions for one category themselves.

Want a second game type? Add Family Feud-style survey rounds to the same game. Ready-made boards are on the sample games page.

Questions

Is this the real Jeopardy! game?

No. It is a free maker for your own Jeopardy-style board. The name Jeopardy! belongs to its owner and is used here only to describe the format.

How many categories and questions can I have?

Up to 6 categories with up to 6 questions each. The classic layout is 5 or 6 categories with 5 questions.

Can students answer in the form of a question?

You decide. Many teachers drop that rule for younger classes and keep it as a bonus for older ones.