Make a Google Slides Quiz with AI: the Pop Quiz Quiz Format

The Pop Quiz quiz format is an open, simple way to write down a quiz: questions, options and right answers. Any person or AI assistant can write it, and Pop Quiz reads it, forgivingly. It costs nothing and needs no account.

A prompt to copy #

Write a 10-question quiz about [your topic] for a team meeting, in Pop Quiz format:
a numbered list, each question followed by options labelled A), B), C), D),
then a line "Answer: " with the right letter. Mix in one true or false question
and one poll marked [poll] with no answer. Keep each question under 20 words.

Change the topic, the number of questions and the mix to suit. Assistants that can browse can also be pointed at this page: “write it in the format at popquiz.fun/quiz-format”.

The format, written as a list #

The easiest way, and the way most assistants answer anyway.

1. Which planet has the most moons?
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Uranus
Answer: B

2. True or false: a group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.
Answer: True

3. Best Friday lunch? [poll]
A) Pizza
B) Sushi
C) Burgers

4. In what year did Home Alone come out?
Answer: 1990

5. What is the capital of Australia?
Answer: Canberra

How Pop Quiz reads it:

You write	Pop Quiz makes
Options and an `Answer:` letter (or a `*` after the right option)	A quiz question
Options and no answer, or `[poll]` after the question	A poll
`Answer: True` or `False`, no options	True or false
`Answer:` with a number, no options	Guess the number: closest wins
`Answer:` with a word, no options	Type the answer
`[word cloud]`, `[open answer]` or `[order]` after the question	That type

Several right answers: give more than one letter, Answer: A, C, or star each one.

The format, as JSON #

For assistants and tools that prefer structured output.

{
  "popquiz": 1,
  "title": "Friday quiz",
  "questions": [
    { "type": "quiz", "text": "Which planet has the most moons?", "options": ["Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus"], "answer": "B", "seconds": 20 },
    { "type": "truefalse", "text": "A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance.", "answer": true },
    { "type": "poll", "text": "Best Friday lunch?", "options": ["Pizza", "Sushi", "Burgers"] },
    { "type": "number", "text": "In what year did Home Alone come out?", "answer": 1990, "min": 1940, "max": 2020 },
    { "type": "typed", "text": "What is the capital of Australia?", "accepts": ["Canberra"] },
    { "type": "wordcloud", "text": "Your week, in one word?" },
    { "type": "open", "text": "Best thing that happened this week?" },
    { "type": "order", "text": "Put these in order, oldest first", "options": ["Rome", "Paris", "Wellington"] }
  ]
}

Field	What it is
`type`	`quiz`, `truefalse`, `poll`, `number`, `typed`, `wordcloud`, `open` or `order`. Leave it out and Pop Quiz works it out.
`text`	The question. Up to 600 characters.
`options`	For quiz, poll and order. Two to twelve.
`answer`	Quiz: a letter (`"B"`), the option’s text, or a list for several. True or false: `true` or `false`. Number: the number.
`accepts`	Type the answer: the answers that count, up to eight.
`min`, `max`, `unit`	Guess the number: the slider’s range and unit. Optional.
`seconds`	The timer, 5 to 300. Optional.
`points`	`2`, `3` or `5` for double, triple or five times. Optional.

Pop Quiz finds the JSON even inside a chat reply or a code block, so there’s no need to tidy what the assistant wrote.

What happens to what you paste #

It’s read in the Pop Quiz panel on your computer and saved with that deck in Chrome. Nothing is sent anywhere. A question that can’t work, a quiz question with no right answer for example, is skipped and named, and the rest still load.

Questions #

Can ChatGPT make a quiz for Google Slides? #

Yes. Ask for the quiz in Pop Quiz format and paste the reply into Pop Quiz. Each slide then fills from the list, and the quiz runs live with your team answering on their phones.

Which AI assistants work? #

Any that can write a numbered list: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and others. Nothing connects to them; you copy and paste.

Do I need to check the answers? #

Yes. AI assistants get facts wrong now and then. Read the questions through before the meeting, and check any answer you’re unsure of.

Is the format free to use in other tools? #

Yes. It’s an open, documented format. Anyone can write it or read it.