quizzical 0.2.0

A trivia quiz game for the terminal

Quizzical

Introduction

Quizzical is a terminal-based quiz game, using The Open Trivia Database as the back end.

Installing

pipx

The package can be installed using pipx:

$ pipx install quizzical

Homebrew

The package is available via Homebrew. Use the following commands to install:

$ brew tap davep/homebrew
$ brew install quizzical

Running

Once installed run the quizzical command.

Playing the game

Hopefully the interface is pretty straightforward: run up the application, use the New button to create a new quiz with your choice of parameters, use the Run button to play a game. When you run a new game you'll be shown the parameters:

and once you start you'll be shown a series of questions; press keys 1, 2, 3 or 4 to answer each one.

Once the quiz is over you can view your results and see which answers were right and which were wrong:

Getting help

If you need help, or have any ideas, please feel free to raise an issue or start a discussion.

TODO

Things I'm considering adding or addressing:

• Add session token support (less frequent question repeats).
• More quiz information in the main quiz list.
• Record scores for each game played, provide a history view.
• Allow answering a question with the mouse.