How do I run a live Kahoot-style quiz at an event?

A short quiz turns a passive audience into players. It works well:

• after a talk or workshop, to check what stuck and to make the key points memorable;
• as an icebreaker at meetups, so strangers have something to talk about;
• at conferences between sessions, to keep people in the room;
• in classes and courses, as a low-stakes knowledge check;
• at parties, corporate events and fundraisers, purely for fun, with prizes for the podium.

The format people know from Kahoot is simple: question on the big screen, four colored answers on phones, points for correct and fast answers, a leaderboard.

In AET, open the event in Edit mode, add the Quiz section from the library and choose Create your first quiz. Then either:

• Let AI write them. Pick a source: a file or link from the event's Materials, pasted text, a link to a web page or a YouTube video with subtitles, or an uploaded file (PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, MD, CSV). Choose how many questions (up to 40, at most roughly one per two sentences of source text) and the difficulty (mixed, easy, medium, hard). The text is split into fragments and one question is taken from each, so questions cover the whole material, not just the introduction. Questions appear three at a time with live progress, in the language of the source.
• Write them yourself. Create an empty quiz and type questions. Empty quizzes do not use AI and are unlimited.

In the editor you can change the question text, options, the correct answer, the explanation, the time per question, the order and option shuffling. "N more questions" (up to 20 at a time) and replacing a single question each cost 1 AI generation.

Game settings include points, bonuses for speed and answer streaks, the leaderboard, and how long joining stays open. Scores and timing are calculated on the server, not on the phones.

Each quiz has three links:

• For participants — the join code and a QR to put on a slide. Players open it on their phones (aet.events/en/q/ plus the code), type a nickname and play without an account.
• Projector screen — lobby, questions, leaderboard and the final podium for the big screen.
• For the speaker — lets a speaker edit and host the quiz without an AET account. Keep this link private.

The host opens joining, starts the game, shows answers, can skip a question, ends the game and can start a new group. Afterwards there is a breakdown of each question with the percentage of correct answers. If you choose, guests see the winners and their own place on the event page, and an overall ranking across all quizzes of the event merges players by nickname.

• Keep it short: 8–15 questions, 15–30 seconds each. Long quizzes lose the room.
• Test the venue Wi-Fi or tell people to use mobile data; display the QR code large and early.
• Mix difficulty: start with two easy questions so everyone scores.
• Read questions aloud in Host mode; it keeps energy up and helps people at the back.
• Use explanations: a one-line explanation after each answer is where the learning happens.
• Check AI questions before the event. AI follows your source, but a human should review wording and correct answers.
• Have prizes or at least applause for the top three; the podium is the moment people remember.

• Kahoot! is the best-known option, with a huge question library, strong in classrooms and corporate training.
• Mentimeter and Slido are strongest for polls, Q&A and word clouds during presentations, with quizzes as one feature.
• Wayground (formerly Quizizz) and AhaSlides offer quizzes plus presentation features, popular in education.
• AET fits when the quiz belongs to an event you already run in AET: it is generated from your event materials, lives on the event page, needs no separate account for players or the speaker, and is included in the Free plan.

Free tiers of dedicated quiz tools often limit the number of players; check current limits on their sites. See the ranking of live quiz tools for a detailed comparison.

AET's quiz is multiple choice with four options. It does not offer open-ended answers, word clouds, audience Q&A or a public library of ready-made quizzes, and it is not built for graded school homework. AI does not check answers or calculate scores — the server compares the chosen option with the marked correct one. If you need polls, Q&A and word clouds during a presentation, a tool like Slido or Mentimeter is the better choice.