Quiz feature idea: time-modulating answers?

Submitted by In2restingFacts on December 10, 2025
Sorry for the back-to-back posts, but I had another feature idea for quizmaking: the option to assign additional time values to correct answers. Say one wanted to make a quiz where the questions get progressively harder to answer, but still wants to keep the player on their toes for the easy questions. They would put in a base starting time of maybe 20 seconds just like how one normally enters the regular time limit on a quiz. Then they can assign +3 seconds to the first answer, then maybe +5 seconds for the next answer, +10 for the next, etc. This way they can keep all the answers fast-paced without having to come up with some optimal time and fine-tune it with player input. Another use would be a Jeopardy-type quiz where you can use the yellow box to answer easier questions, but they don’t give you as much time, so it’s beneficial to know the answers to some of the harder questions to win yourself more thinking time.

The time values wouldn’t affect point scoring, but it could be a new feature to help make quizzes more dynamic. Thoughts?

24 Comments
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Level 15
Dec 10, 2025
As in, when you get an answer right you gain +3 seconds or something? Could be fun
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Level 27
Dec 10, 2025
yes exactly
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Level 61
Dec 10, 2025
That would be pretty cool and would open up some new ideas for sure! Would love to see it
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Level 72
Dec 10, 2025
I support this idea. Almost like a subtype for a quiz like the Click Map. This could be called "Timed Text" or something.

Your ideas are great man.

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Level 27
Dec 10, 2025
thanks! i do my best to only post what i think are my best ones
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Level 63
Dec 10, 2025
I like this idea! Reminds me alot of the Mario levels where you only get 10 seconds to beat it and you need to collect clocks along the way to reach the goal.
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Level 83
Dec 10, 2025
Hmmmmm. 🤔
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Level 27
Dec 10, 2025
if anybody besides QM or stewart could do it, it would be you, Dimby
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Level 83
Dec 10, 2025
Want me to make one using multiple choice instead of text?
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Level 27
Dec 10, 2025
do you think you’d be able to pull it off? would modifying the site’s code like that draw the ire of QM? i think he’s warned about that before
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Level 83
Dec 11, 2025
I’m not going to use the actual JetPunk timer. I’ll use CSS to hide it, but just put it to 60 minutes. The time people see would only exist in the SVG, and it’d start with ten seconds. Every question someone gets right, you get diminishing returns for how much time it adds.
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Level 83
Dec 11, 2025
That way you have to answer multiple choice questions faster and faster until you eventually lose.
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Level 27
Dec 11, 2025
interesting! but doesn’t that mean youll have 60 minutes to do the quiz anyway?
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Level 83
Dec 11, 2025
No, the player loses and the quiz ends when the time runs out. I can use the same method to to end the quiz as I used when I made sudden death quizzes.
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Level 72
Dec 11, 2025
If you can make another quiz type you might start getting paid lol
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Level 27
Dec 11, 2025
i like it!
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Level 83
Dec 11, 2025
I’ve kinda figured out the whole process. The crazy thing is that this SVG will br standardized so it’ll be easy to make multiple quizzes by just changing the answers and hints in the jetpunk quiz creator.
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Level 27
Dec 11, 2025
that was fast, wow
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Level 83
Dec 12, 2025
Ok, I lied. It won’t be super easy to standardize this. I’m filling in tons of multiple choice questions now though.
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Level 27
Dec 12, 2025
oh haha
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Level 83
Dec 16, 2025
Alright, the beta is up. Feel free to give it a rip!
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Level 27
Dec 16, 2025
amazing! thank you so much!

where is it?

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Level 83
Dec 17, 2025
It's the marathon quiz, my most recently released quiz.
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Level 27
Dec 17, 2025
i can't see it