Make your own quiz for the classroom

By default, Kwishetwel gives extra points for speed. Switch speed points off and every right answer scores the same, whether it comes after two seconds or thirty. You can do that when you start, or during the game from the menu; then it applies from the next round.

When you start: On the TV, with speed points off.

More room to think

• You set the thinking time per question, from 5 seconds to 5 minutes. A maths question gets more time than a map question.
• Once everyone has answered, the question closes by itself. Nobody sits waiting for the clock.
• Pause stops the game for a moment so you can explain something.
• The penalty wheel is off by default. In class, just leave it off.
• Word association is a speed game: whoever types a word first gets the points. For a test, pick the other question types.

Every mistake becomes a learning moment

After each question the right answer appears on the board, with the explanation you wrote. For a multiple choice question you also see how many pupils chose each answer. So you discuss a common mistake straight away, not when the marked test comes back.

After the question: the right answer, what the class chose and your explanation.

A quiz is more than a game: retrieving an answer yourself helps you remember better than reading the material again. This is known as the testing effect. Utrecht University explains how to use it in lessons (in Dutch): activate your pupils' memory by testing.

For an open question, Kwishetwel accepts capitals, accents and one typo automatically, and you can add variants that also count as right. A cutscene puts a heading or short instruction between questions, such as 'Section 4.2: climate'.

• Round 1, Places on the map: three map questions (Prague, Budapest, Lisbon), 45 seconds each.
• Round 2, Key terms: a multiple choice question about the Danube, an open question about the European Union, an estimate of the EU's population and four countries to rank by area.
• Settings: speed points off, penalty wheel off. The explanation on the board after every question, the standings after every round.

Where is Prague? After the question, every answer from the class is on the map.

When to use it in a lesson

At the start of a lesson to activate prior knowledge, halfway through to check the explanation landed, at the end as an exit ticket, or in the lesson before a test as revision. A short quiz every week works better than one big one before the test.

During the game you see what everyone answered after each question, and the standings after each round. Both are also on the board. If you would rather keep it anonymous, let pupils pick a nickname that only you know.

After the game you open the results: the final standings, the points per pupil per question and the questions with the right answers. With speed points off you can read off at a glance who got which question right; for map, estimation and ranking questions you see how close someone was. Print the results or save them as a PDF: we clear the game after about 30 days.

The results: points per pupil per question. A dash means no answer.

What it is not: a gradebook. There is no export to Excel and no link with your school's learning platform or gradebook. Use it to check what sticks, not to give grades.

Can pupils use their phones?

Many schools now restrict phones in class, often with an exception for use in the lesson itself. In the Netherlands, for instance, phones, tablets and smartwatches have been off-limits in class since 2024 unless the lesson needs them (Rijksoverheid, in Dutch). Check what your school allows. Rather not use phones? Kwishetwel runs in any browser, so pupils can also join on a laptop or Chromebook, or in pairs on one device.

A large class

Up to 25 devices can join a game; a pair on one device counts as one. With a paid Ultimate plan you add 5 at a time, up to 50 per game (€2.50 per 5 a month). That is not available during the trial.

What we store about pupils

Pupils do not create an account. They only pick a name, which can be a nickname, and optionally a photo, which they can skip. The game itself shows no cookie banner and runs no analytics. Within about 30 days of the game we delete it, along with the answers and photos. Does your school work with a data processing agreement? Get in touch and we will arrange one. More is in the privacy policy.

A knowledge check at the end of a module, a refresher after lunch or a quiz to open a training day: it works the same way. Adult participants play on their own phones, and in teams of two or three the discussion becomes part of the learning. For a bigger group, Ultimate lets you add devices, up to 50 per game.

Running the same training again? Your quiz is saved and works for every group. You can also mix your own rounds with ready-made rounds from the catalogue, for example as a light-hearted finish; how that works is in mixing your own rounds with the catalogue.