Too Many Questions?

Submitted by Dimby on April 7, 2025
Something I’ve noticed over the years is that many people tend to like quizzes a lot more if they don’t take too long. I’m terrible for finding interesting information and trying to cram it all into one quiz—it’s a real conscious effort to make quizzes more user friendly.

How many questions do you prefer when *taking* a quiz. Consider:

A. Text quizzes

B. Multiple choice quizzes

C. Any other quiz type that comes to mind

13 Comments
+7
Level 63
Apr 7, 2025
A. Max 20

B. Max 15

+5
Level 83
Apr 7, 2025
I wonder why people prefer fewer multiple choice questions when there’s no typing involved. The 10-question quizzes seem popular, too.
+16
Level ∞
Apr 7, 2025
There’s a larger mental load having to read a question and then all the choices carefully.
+9
Level ∞
Apr 7, 2025
I agree with @Neodymium
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Level 67
Apr 7, 2025
I think it really depends on what the quiz is about. Trivia or general knowledge quizzes are quizzes where you first have to read and then maybe even think about the answer. I think a maximum of 30 isn't bad at all. For quizzes like name all the countries or something like that, I don't have a problem with 200 because you hardly have to think and don't have to read anything. For MC quizzes, 10 are actually enough for me, sometimes I get annoyed when there are 20 questions. In general, I think it's good if a quiz doesn't last 10 minutes. Sometimes that's really nice and you want to get involved in it, but I think 1-5 minutes is actually the best.
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Level 48
Apr 7, 2025
A.~25

B.15

C. Sudden Death - ~20

+2
Level 83
Apr 7, 2025
20 correct answers or 20 total square for sudden death?
+2
Level 63
Apr 7, 2025
A. 10 min, 25 max

B. 10 min, 15 max

C. Picture quizzes, however many answers for roughly 4-5 even rows of pictures

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Level 55
Apr 7, 2025
As someone who mostly focuses on city quizzes, I usually stick to between 50 and 100 answers with few exceptions depending on the region or time period. Feeling these things out can be quite difficult.
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Level 82
Apr 7, 2025
i think that generally if the number is on the high end of the spectrum (without being insanely high like the us counties quiz), you feel better even if you get a low percentage cuz you intuitively regard the quiz as "harder"
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Level 82
Apr 7, 2025
that said, probably most casual users would prefer shorter quizzes (not more than 20 questions)
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Level 77
Apr 7, 2025
I think it often depends on what your goal with the quiz is, who is the audience you are catering towards. If you're making a niche topic or a quiz where it's much less about actually being a quiz but showcasing interesting information in the form of a quiz, those are good uses of large amounts of answers. But if you're making something that you actually want a lot of people to take, something easily digestible to the general audience, less is best.
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Level 83
Apr 7, 2025
Good point. Welcome back! ;)