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Quick answerUpdated 2026-09-24

Where can I learn to run better quizzes and training sessions?

QG Playground's guides are free, practical articles for trainers, teachers, L&D teams and quiz hosts, written by the Quiz Granny team, who have run more than 200 live events. They cover how to measure training effectiveness with the four Kirkpatrick levels and pre and post tests, how to write quiz questions people enjoy, how to make training and meetings interactive with a simple 15-minute rhythm, and how to conduct a fair online exam, from the question paper to releasing results. Alongside the guides, the help centre has step-by-step answers for using QG Playground, the quiz library has ready-made quizzes with answers, templates give you surveys and quizzes to edit, and free tools such as a word cloud generator and certificate maker work without an account. The blog adds shorter ideas and stories from the stage. Everything here is free to read, and you can try any idea in QG Playground on the Free plan.

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Who writes the guides?
The Quiz Granny team, who have run more than 200 live quiz events for campuses, companies and communities, and who build QG Playground.
Are the guides free to use?
Yes. Read them, share them with your team and use the ideas in your own sessions. There's no sign-up.
Do I need QG Playground to use these ideas?
No. Every guide works with any tool, or with paper. If you want to try an idea live, the Free plan covers polls, word clouds and quizzes for up to 20 people.

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