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Host a Quiz Show

Child writes questions, sets rules, and hosts a family quiz, organising content and managing turns.

Cartoon illustration of a parent and child at home doing Host a Quiz Show.
  • Age7 to 12 years
  • Time30 to 60 minutes
  • EnergyModerate
  • CostFree
  • WhereIndoors
  • Prep15 min

Your child becomes the quiz host: they write the questions, set the rules, and run a family quiz night, keeping everyone's turns fair and fun.

How to do it

  1. Help your child choose a few topics and write a handful of questions for each, with the answers noted.
  2. Have them decide simple rules, such as how points work and how players take turns to answer.
  3. Set up the family as players and let your child introduce the quiz as the host.
  4. Your child asks the questions, keeps score, and manages whose turn it is, keeping the mood light.
  5. Wrap up by announcing the scores warmly and thanking the players, keeping it about fun over winning.

What you need

  • Paper and pencil
  • Bell

Make it yours

Younger (6 to 8 years): A short quiz on one familiar topic, with an adult helping keep score. Older (10 to 12 years): Add rounds, a bonus question, and a tie-breaker rule they design. Siblings: Two children co-host, one asking and one scoring, then swap

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