Virtual quiz

A virtual quiz is a quiz you can do online, using a variety of social media platforms. It’s a way to connect with others across any distance while raising funds to create a society that works for autistic people.

How can I host a virtual quiz?

There are many ways to hold a virtual quiz but we’ve outlined the easiest ways to do it below, with step-by-step instructions.

Use Zoom, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams or another virtual meeting platform. Zoom allows for easy interaction between the host and the players. It’s free to register for a Zoom account, but do note that Zoom meetings have a 40-minute limit.

Top tip: Be sure to ask your invited players to set up a Zoom account ahead of time.

Facebook Live, YouTube Live or Twitch. These can be great for reaching a lot of people but note that audio and video are only from the host, and any communication from your players will have to be in comments or chat.

If using Facebook Live, learn how to set up a Facebook Live feed.
If using YouTube, make sure you are familiar with YouTube's live streaming instructions. Be aware of YouTube copy infringements: we'd suggest you steer clear of music and other video content. For full details, go to YouTubeAbout.
Learn how to get started on Twitch.

Set up a JustGiving page and ask people to donate to take part. You can suggest a donation amount or ask people to donate what they think the quiz is worth. Donations made on JustGiving will come straight to the charity.

Top tip: Add your JustGiving page link to everything you send out about the quiz. If you have a Facebook or WhatsApp group for the quiz, send it to players that way. Add it to your answer sheet (if you have one – more on this below, under Keeping score) and remind people to visit the page before, during and after the quiz too.

If you’re using Facebook Live to host your quiz, you can add a donate button and select the National Autistic Society. Donations will come straight to the charity.

Even if you aren’t hosting your quiz on Facebook, a Facebook event is a good way to invite people, let them know what it’s all about, and share information as well as asking people to donate. It’s easy to create a Facebook event.

Invite friends, family, colleagues, anyone you think may be interested in the quiz.
Make sure you leave yourself enough time before the quiz starts to get your questions together!
Tell people why you’re supporting the National Autistic Society with your quiz. Say how much you’d like people to donate to take part in your quiz and add a Donate button.
To add a Donate button to a Facebook post, look at the icons below your post. There is one that looks like a heart in a circle. If you hover over this, it says ‘Support Charity’. Click on this and type National Autistic Society. Then type what you want to say and hit Post.

Many virtual quizzes don’t require any kind of strict scoring process. The host reads out the answers after each round and it’s an honour system for the players to score themselves. There’s no one winner – the joy is in playing.

If you do want to have scoring and winners, you can easily set up answer sheets using Google Forms. These allow you to ask a range of questions, including simple answer, multiple choice and photo rounds. Make it as simple or complex as you like! Be sure to allow time after the quiz to mark the answers and report back to your players.

Share the link to the Google Form with your players on whichever platform you're using to communicate with them.
When your players hit submit, you can access their answers under ‘Results’ on your Google Form.

Top tip: autoscoring can be tricky, so it might be best to do manual scoring on the answers.

How to create a quiz answer sheet on Google Forms

Shortly ahead of the quiz start time, remind your players it’s coming up by posting in the Facebook event or messaging your players.

If using Facebook Live, YouTube Live or Twitch, set up a Zoom meeting room and send the meeting link to everyone who has donated to take part. 
If using Facebook Live or YouTube Live, start your feed a few minutes before your announced time so you can check it’s all working correctly.
If you’re using Google Forms to collect answers, post the link to the answer sheet so that all your players can access it.
Once the quiz starts, welcome people, thank them for coming, remind them to donate, and get started. Read out the questions, much as you would in a live quiz, leaving your players enough time to note their answers.
You may want to tell your players how much has been raised so far and encourage them to donate if they haven’t already.
At the end, announce winners (if applicable) and thank everyone for playing and donating.

Tell us what you're doing

We’d love to hear how you're raising money to support us. Please tell us by using our fundraising form and we can provide you with extra support along the way.

Fundraise your way

However you plan to fundraise, we’ve created resources, essential information about fundraising and us as well as frequently asked questions to help you get started.

Would you like to share your fundraising story?

Contact community.fundraising@nas.org.uk

What is a virtual quiz?

How can I host a virtual quiz?

1. Choose your platform

2. Decide how you will raise funds through your quiz

3. Promotion on Facebook

4. Keeping score

5. The big event

Tell us what you're doing

Fundraise your way

Would you like to share your fundraising story?

What is a virtual quiz?

How can I host a virtual quiz?

1. Choose your platform

2. Decide how you will raise funds through your quiz

3. Promotion on Facebook

4. Keeping score

5. The big event

Tell us what you're doing

Fundraise your way

Would you like to share your fundraising story?

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