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Online Team Building Quiz: 40+ Questions, Agendas and Team Scoring (Free)

A good team building quiz is not about who knows the most - it is about talking, laughing and solving things together. This page gives you a ready plan for an online or hybrid team quiz: three agendas (30, 45 and 60 minutes), a team-versus-team scoring method, more than 40 questions with answers across business history, teamwork in sport and nature, and work terms, plus prompts you fill in about your own team.

Run it as a live game with Glowit: the questions appear on a shared screen or a screen-share on Zoom, Teams or Meet, everyone answers on their own phone with a 5-digit room code, and a leaderboard after each question builds up to the final podium. No app and no sign-up for players; the free plan covers the whole game, with up to 200 players. Looking for icebreaker rounds and brain teasers as well? See the longer list of team building quiz ideas linked below.

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How to run an online team building quiz

  • Build the quiz in Glowit (or start from the questions below) and open the game. A 5-digit room code appears on the host screen.
  • Share your screen on Zoom, Teams or Meet, or show it on a meeting-room TV for hybrid teams, and post the room code in the chat.
  • Everyone joins at glowit.io from a phone or a laptop browser and picks a nickname - a team prefix such as 'Red - Sam' keeps teams easy to read.
  • Read each question aloud, let the timer run, and use the answer reveal and leaderboard as a natural moment to chat.
  • Finish on the podium, then sum up the team scores and announce the winning team.

Pick an agenda: 30, 45 or 60 minutes

  • 30 minutes: 2 rounds of 10 questions (one business, one teamwork) plus a 5-question round about your own team. Best before a regular meeting.
  • 45 minutes: 3 rounds of 10 questions, a short team-name break and the podium. Good for a monthly all-hands or a team social.
  • 60 minutes: 4 rounds of 10 questions, a 'guess the colleague' round and a two-minute break in the middle. Good for an offsite or a kickoff.
  • Use a 20-second timer for most questions and 30 seconds for the hardest, and keep the first round easy so everyone scores early.

Team-versus-team scoring

For a mixed team quiz, split people into teams of 4 to 6 and let each person answer on their own phone. Glowit ranks individuals live, so add up each team's top scores (for example the best three players per team) to keep large and small teams fair. Alternatively, give each team one shared phone and one captain who locks in the answer after a short discussion - this is the best format when you want people to actually talk to each other.

Round 1: Business and tech history

  • Which company was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin? Answer: Google.
  • Apple Computer was founded in which year? Answer: 1976.
  • Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and which other person? Answer: Paul Allen.
  • Who founded Amazon in 1994 as an online bookstore? Answer: Jeff Bezos.
  • Which company began as a DVD-by-mail rental service before moving to streaming? Answer: Netflix.
  • Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989? Answer: Tim Berners-Lee.
  • In 2018, which company became the first to reach a market value of one trillion US dollars? Answer: Apple.
  • Facebook was launched in 2004 from the dorm rooms of which university? Answer: Harvard.
  • The first iPhone went on sale in which year? Answer: 2007.
  • Which Danish toy company's name comes from the words 'leg godt', meaning 'play well'? Answer: LEGO.
  • The sports brand Nike is named after the Greek goddess of what? Answer: Victory.
  • Which Japanese company, now famous for video games, began in 1889 making playing cards? Answer: Nintendo.
  • The name IKEA combines the founder's initials with the farm and village where he grew up. What are the farm and village called? Answer: Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd.

Round 2: Teamwork in sport and nature

Teams of every kind, from rowing crews to wolf packs. A friendly round with a built-in theme.

  • How many rowers are in an Olympic 'eight' boat, not counting the coxswain? Answer: Eight.
  • How many players per side are on the court in indoor volleyball? Answer: Six.
  • How many players per side are in beach volleyball? Answer: Two.
  • How many runners make up a 4x100 meter relay team? Answer: Four.
  • In which sport do two packs of players push against each other in a 'scrum'? Answer: Rugby.
  • How many players does a baseball team have in the field? Answer: Nine.
  • How many players per team are on the court in basketball? Answer: Five.
  • How many players per team, goalkeeper included, are on the ice in ice hockey? Answer: Six.
  • Which birds are famous for flying in a V formation and taking turns at the front? Answer: Geese.
  • What is a group of wolves called? Answer: A pack.
  • What is a group of lions called? Answer: A pride.
  • What is a group of whales called? Answer: A pod.
  • Which astronaut stayed in orbit around the Moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in 1969? Answer: Michael Collins.

Round 3: Work and tech terms

The language of the modern workplace. Good for mixed teams, because a guess is often close enough to score.

  • What does 'OKR' stand for? Answer: Objectives and Key Results.
  • What does 'B2B' stand for? Answer: Business to business.
  • What does 'CRM' stand for in sales software? Answer: Customer relationship management.
  • What does 'SaaS' stand for? Answer: Software as a service.
  • What does 'API' stand for? Answer: Application programming interface.
  • What do the four letters of a 'SWOT' analysis stand for? Answer: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
  • What does 'MVP' stand for in product development? Answer: Minimum viable product.
  • What does 'RSVP' mean, from the French 'répondez s'il vous plaît'? Answer: Please reply.
  • In agile teams, what is the short daily team meeting often called? Answer: The daily stand-up.
  • A Gantt chart shows what? Answer: A project schedule, as bars over time.
  • The Pomodoro technique uses work sessions of how many minutes? Answer: 25.
  • Which keyboard shortcut locks a Windows computer? Answer: The Windows key + L.
  • What does 'KPI' stand for? Answer: Key performance indicator.
  • What does 'ROI' stand for? Answer: Return on investment.
  • What does 'FAQ' stand for? Answer: Frequently asked questions.

Round 4: Make it about your team

The round people remember. Add these as questions with your own answers, or as multiple-choice questions with the right colleague among four options. Add a picture to a question for 'guess the colleague'.

  • Guess the colleague: which team member is in this childhood photo?
  • Who on the team has lived in the most countries?
  • Which of these three facts about [colleague] is false? (two truths and a lie)
  • In what year did our company or team start?
  • What was our team's first project or product?
  • Who has been on the team the longest?
  • What is the most common word in our team chat - a, b, c or d?
  • Which of these snacks is [colleague]'s favorite desk-drawer secret?

Tips for remote and hybrid teams

  • Hybrid: put the in-room people on a team together and the remote people on another, or mix them with one screen-sharer per team, so nobody is a spectator.
  • Keep cameras optional. The phone does the answering, so there is no need for everyone to be on video.
  • Post the room code in the meeting chat and on the screen, and let late joiners in until the first question starts.
  • Time zones: a 30-minute quiz at the start of a meeting works better than a long late-day event.
  • Celebrate the last-place team too - a joke prize keeps the mood light.

Make your own round with AI

Want questions about your own company? Type a topic such as "Our company history and team facts" into Glowit's AI quiz generator, or upload your own PDF, DOCX, HTML or TXT file (up to 60,000 characters). It drafts up to 25 multiple-choice questions at a time, with optional answer explanations, and you can edit every question before you play. It is free, with 100 AI question credits a month (one credit per generated question, two with an answer explanation), no carry-over to the next month, plus 20 gift questions for each optional rewarded video (valid for 3 months).

Frequently asked questions

What is a team building quiz?
A short, friendly quiz played by a group of colleagues, usually in teams, to build connection and have fun rather than to test skills. It can mix general knowledge, work-related trivia and questions about the team itself.
How long should an online team building quiz be?
Between 30 and 60 minutes works for most teams: two to four rounds of about 10 questions with a 20-second timer, plus short breaks for chat.
Can we play it on Zoom, Teams or Google Meet?
Yes. Share your screen with the Glowit host view and post the room code in the chat. Players answer on their own phones or in a browser, so the video tool only needs to show the questions.
How do I split a big group into teams?
Use team prefixes in nicknames (for example 'Red - Sam'), or put people in meeting breakout rooms and give each room one shared phone. Add up the best scores of each team for fair totals.
Do players need an account or an app?
No. Players open glowit.io in any phone browser, type the 5-digit room code and choose a nickname. Only the host signs in with Google to create and run the game.
How many people can play at once?
Up to 200 players in one live game, each on their own phone. Small teams can also share one phone.
Is Glowit free?
Yes. Creating quizzes and running live games is free on the free plan, which covers the whole game. The AI quiz generator is in the free plan too, with 100 AI question credits a month (one credit per generated question, two with an answer explanation), no carry-over to the next month, plus 20 gift questions for each optional rewarded video (valid for 3 months). Optional Star ($6/mo) and Premium ($20/mo) plans add more AI questions, more players and more media storage.
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