Buzzer format
The fast format. A question goes on the TV, the first team to buzz answers out loud, and you judge it live.
How it plays
- 1A question shows on the TVEvery team’s phone shows a big buzz button.
- 2First buzz wins the floorThat team answers out loud. Everyone else’s buzzer is locked.
- 3You judge itCorrect or incorrect, from the host panel.
- 4A wrong answer reopens the buzzerEvery other team can buzz again for the same question.
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Host control panel
Join code: Q8MTV · 6 teams
Live question
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Which year did Daft Punk release Discovery?
Table 4 buzzed first answering
2CorrectIncorrect3Leaderboard
Table 47
Rooftop Rats5
Quiz Khalifa4
Teams
Rooftop RatsPossible cheating · away now
Quiz KhalifaClosed the tab
Table 4In the game
- 1Live questionOn every team's phone and the TV. The buzzer is open.
- 2Who buzzedThe first team to buzz has the floor. Everyone else is locked.
- 3Correct / IncorrectYour ruling. Incorrect reopens the buzzer to every other team.
- 4Look-away flagsA team whose phone left the game for a sustained stretch, and a team that closed the tab. Worth a glance, not an accusation.
Setting up
Same starting point as Multiple Choice: PlayOS, What are we playing tonight, then Trivia: Buzzer. Choose the venue and a content pack, share the join code, push to the TV, and start when your teams are in.
Look-away detection in Buzzer
Buzzer has the same look-away detection as Multiple Choice. A team whose phone leaves the game for a sustained stretch during a live question is flagged on your host panel, and a team that closes the tab is shown separately and neutrally. See How anti-cheat works.
Note
Good for
Smaller rooms where you can hear the answer, music rounds where the answer is a title, and any night where a host on the mic is part of the show.
Still stuck?
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