The words we use
Four words do most of the work: a quiz is made of rounds, you save it as a pack, and you play it as a game. Here’s each one, and the rest you’ll meet.
Building a quiz
- Quiz
- A list of rounds, in order. You build it on the Quiz tab, and you can have as many as you like.
- Round
- One question: one song clip, one noise, one picture, one text question or one mini-game. Not the pub-quiz kind of round with ten questions in it. A ten-round quiz asks ten things. See the kinds of round.
- Pack
- A saved quiz. Press Save pack and it lands on the Packs tab, ready to load, copy or play again. See packs.
- Library
- Your sounds and pictures, on the Sounds and Pictures tabs. Add something once and use it in as many quizzes as you like.
- Right answer and wrong answers
- Every round but a mini-game gives players two, three or four answers to pick from: the right one and the wrong ones. You type the right one; Tossup can fill the wrong ones.
- Standard, Tricky, Devious
- How hard the wrong answers are. Standard picks the usual sort, Tricky picks ones from the same world, and Devious picks ones that are nearly right.
- Question clip and reveal clip
- The two pieces of a song or noise a round plays: the question clip while everyone guesses, and the reveal clip when the answer shows. Pick the chorus for the reveal.
- Host console
- Where you build: the tabs Sounds, Pictures, Games, Quiz and Packs. Only you see it.
On the night
- Game
- A quiz played live, with a room code. You can play the same pack as many times as you like, and each time is a new game.
- Host
- You: the person who builds the quiz and runs the big screen. The host doesn’t answer. You know the answers, after all.
- Player
- Anyone answering on their phone. Players need no app and no account, only the room code.
- Room code
- The short code on the big screen. Players type it at tossup.gg/join, or scan the QR code beside it.
- Big screen
- The screen everyone watches: a TV, a projector, or your screen shared on a call. It shows the rounds and the scores, never the answers before the reveal.
- Lobby
- The waiting room before the first round. Names pop up as people join, and you set the game’s timing here.
- Reveal
- The moment the right answer shows, with the fastest right answer named. Cue the shouting.
- Scoreboard
- The standings between rounds. The last one is Final scores, with a podium and a few awards.
- Streak bonus
- Extra points for right answers in a row. A wrong answer only costs the streak.
Plans
Hosting is free, and playing is always free. Each plan sets how big your quizzes and games can be:
- Free: up to 10 rounds in a quiz, 30 players in a game, one game open at once and 100 MB for your sounds and pictures.
- PRO: up to 30 rounds in a quiz, 200 players in a game, 3 games open at once and 1 GB for your sounds and pictures.
- VIP: up to 100 rounds in a quiz, 200 players in a game, 3 games open at once and 5 GB for your sounds and pictures.
PRO isn’t on sale yet, but you can try it free for 30 days after you sign in. No card needed. Your plan is in the top corner of the host console: press it to see what you’ve used.