How to Host an Online Trivia Night

The single biggest predictor of a fun trivia night is matching the questions to the people in the room. A round about your group's specific fandom, team, or inside-joke universe beats a generic pub quiz every time. With ReignFree's custom round generator you give it a topic in plain English — "Studio Ghibli films," "early-2000s emo bands," "our company's product launches" — and it builds a 10-question round in seconds.

Ten questions, fifteen seconds each, multiple choice. That's the format that keeps energy up on a video call. Longer rounds drag; open-ended answers create judging arguments. Resist the urge to over-engineer the rules.

Friction kills trivia nights. The host's screen shows a four-letter room code and a QR. Players scan or type it on whatever device is in their hand — no accounts, no downloads. If someone drops, they rejoin with the same code.

On a video call, share the host screen so everyone can see the question and the live scoreboard. Players answer privately on their own phones; the host's screen is the shared "TV." This is the same loop Jackbox popularized — and it works because the host doesn't have to read questions aloud or tally scores by hand.

Mix a curated category with a custom round about your group. Variety keeps people engaged longer than a single 30-question marathon. Between rounds, take a beat — pour a drink, roast the leaderboard, queue up the next topic.

1. Sign in as a host (players don't need accounts).
2. Open Make a Round and type your topic.
3. Share the room code with your group and start the match.