QuizXpress

QuizXpress is a unique combination of soft- and hardware that allows large groups of people to play a game show using wireless buzzers.

What are the main features of QuizXpress ?

At the core of QuizXpress setup is a PC or laptop with Windows XP/Vista and the QuizXpress software installed. A wireless buzzer receiver is plugged into the computer’s USB port, as well as the quizmaster’s remote control. Each quiz player/team gets a wireless buzzer, which is used to answer the questions presented by the system (or read by the quizmaster).

The quizmaster operates the quiz with a wireless remote control or by using the keyboard. He can use the remote control to indicate whether given answers are correct or incorrect (in case of non multiple choice questions; in case of multiple choice questions the system judges the answer itself). With the remote, the quizmaster can also prompt the QuizXpress Live! software to move on to the next question, show intermediate scores, and show a visual representation (graph) of the answers supplied. The remote control communicates with a little box that is connected to the computer through USB.

The QuizXpress suite consists of two pieces of software. The first is QuizXpress Studio, which is used to create your quiz. The second part is QuizXpress Live!, which enables you to play the quiz.

A unique aspect of QuizXpress Studio is that you can compose great-looking quizzes as easy as ABC, without being a computer genius or design guru. QuizXpress is very user friendly and intuitive but offers lots of possibilities, including:

• Unlimited number of questions per quiz
• Built-in categories (e.g. sports, film, music) allowing you to indicate which category each question belongs to. This means that the design of the questions/quiz (fonts, background, colors) will be adapted to the design of the category. Of course you can also create your very own categories.

• Lots of question types such as multiple choice (2-3-4 answers), open questions
• Demographic questions to split the audience in different competing groups
• Change question layout by dragging and dropping questions and answers
• Use of sound, pictures and videos within questions
• Entering questions quickly in a grid layout
• Number of points to be gained/lost in case of a correctly or incorrectly answered question
• Variety of question properties, such as setting the time-span of the question
• Use of banners: static slide to display information
• Use of rounds: optionally drop teams
• Thumbnail view of all the questions in a thumbnail strip
• Various question layouts/question types
• Preview and/or start QuizXpress Live! from within QuizXpress Studio
• Use of sounds within questions: with this functionality you can create a music quiz, for example

• The properties of the teams competing can be fully configured (name/avatars). You can even set the buzzer sounds of the teams, which can also be your own sounds! The sounds played when a given answer is correct/incorrect can also be configured
• Information gathering takes place during a quiz session (for example: answers from teams per question, timing information). This information is saved to an Excel file to enable the use of QuizXpress for educational and training purposes
• Import questions from Excel
• Export quizzes to PDF booklets to support the quizmaster during the show
• Order quiz packs online

With QuizXpress Live! you can ‘play’ the quiz that you’ve created in QuizXpress Studio. QuizXpress Live! takes care of presenting the questions to the teams, keeps track of the scores, listens to the quizmaster and plays all kinds of sounds.

 

• Multiple choice; everyone answers / fastest finger
• Open question; quizmaster judges through remote control or keyboard
• Display of intermediate scores
• Single player mode (e.g. at trade show booth)
• Configurable sound effects for buzzers, wrong answer, correct answer etc
• Fully ‘Skinnable’
• Play together with up to 250 persons (more on special request)
• All scores and answers are saved for each participant to an Excel Spreadsheet for further analysis, making an ideal tool for training purposes and gathering feedback during presentations

 

Buzzertypes

QuizXpress currently supports the following buzzer types:

• Sony Buzz!^TM buzzers, suited for up to 12 participating persons/teams
• Fleetwood Reply Systems wireless buzzer system, a professional system suited for up to 250 participating persons/teams

In order to give you an idea how the QuizXpress works and looks like we’ve made a demo quiz for you.

Click here to view the demo of QuizXpress Studio. The functionality shown in the demo is only a subset of what is possible.

When the demo quiz above, created in QuizXpress Studio, is played in QuizXpress Live!, it looks like this:

The following clip shows a quick overview of the functionalities of QuizXpress.

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