Question types

Go to kahoot creator and click Add question on the left-side panel to see the different question types. Learn about each question type below.

We also recommend the import spreadsheet feature and the import slides feature.

If you are a teacher without the EDU subscription, you may have limited access to the locked question types. Read more about it here.

Question types marked with a star require an upgrade to a higher-tier subscription plan. To check what plans include what question types check the relevant pricing page:

• Business
• Social
• Study
• School
• Higher ed

Test knowledge

• Quiz
• True or false
• Type Answer (available with certain plans)
• Puzzle (available with certain plans)
• Quiz + Audio (available with certain plans)
• Slider (available with certain plans)

Collect opinions

• Poll (available with certain plans)
• Word cloud (available with certain plans)
• Open-ended (available with certain plans)
• Brainstorm (available with certain plans)
• Drop pin (available with certain plans)

Add slide

• Slide (available with certain plans)

 Quiz

Create a multiple-choice question with right and wrong answers.

Fast facts about quiz questions:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Time limit can range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Points can be toggled to 0, 1000, or 2000 points. You can read more about how points work here.
• Answers can be up to 75 characters or an image (if your subscription includes that). At least 2 answers are required (6 max), and at least one must be correct. The answers you leave blank, won't be displayed during the gameplay. You can toggle if players can select one or more than one answer.
• Adding more than 4 answer choices (up to 6) is available with certain plans.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.

 True or false

Create a question with true and false answers pre-filled.

Fast facts about true or false:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• The time limit can range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Points can be toggled to 0, 1000, or 2000 points. You can read more about how points work here.
• Answers are “True” or “False” options and cannot be edited. Only one can be correct.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.

Type Answer ( available with certain plans)

With Type Answer questions, you can eliminate guesswork and test how well learners recall content without cues by asking them to type the correct short answer! Players type in an answer which is validated instantly. 

Fast facts about Type Answer questions:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• The time limit can range from 20 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Points can be toggled to 0, 1000, or 2000 points. You can read more about how points work here.
• Answers can be up to 20 characters. At least 1 answer is required (4 max). Answers are not case-sensitive. Multiple spaces count as a single space. Emojis only count if there is no other text. The following punctuation is not validated: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) { } [ ] ; : " ' < , . > ? / \ | - _ + =
• When a work or home account holder presents a live session or assigns a kahoot, all submitted answers will display on the results screen. When a school or higher ed account holder presents a live session or assigns a kahoot, only correct answers are displayed.
• In order to gain access to the incorrect answers in the report, users with teacher (school) accounts need an EDU subscription.
• When presenting a live session, after your players responded, you can accept other submitted answers as correct so that they are awarded points. If you have a teacher account, you need the EDU subscription to be able to use this functionality.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Puzzle ( available with certain plans)

Create a question with answers that must be sorted into the correct order. For example, you can sort math operators to logically complete a formula, order historical events, or arrange a series of steps to create a logical process.

Fast facts about puzzles:

• Text to be read aloud can be up to 120 characters and is separate from the question text.
• Questions can be up to 120 characters or an image.
• The time limit can range from 20 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Points can be toggled to 0, 1000, or 2000 points. You can read more about how points work here.
• Answers can be up to 75 characters. You need to add min. 3 answers.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.
• If the same value is repeated in multiple answers, more than one sequence can be accepted as correct.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

 Quiz + Audio ( available with certain plans)

Create a question that reads aloud a string of text to players. This feature uses Microsoft Azure's text to speech service and supports 37 languages.

Fast facts about puzzles:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Supported languages are Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.
• You can change the question's type and retain the audio media.
• An image or video cannot be added unless you remove the audio media.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Slider ( available with certain plans)

Let players mark their answers on a scale using a slider. This feature is perfect for questions about values, years, and numbers. You can ask questions about the year of birth of an important person, solutions to simple equations, general knowledge, the price of a product, and many more!

Fast facts about slider:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Answers can be up to 10 characters.
• Text to be read aloud can be up to 120 characters and is separate from the question text.
• Time limit can range from 10 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Points can be toggled to Standard (1000), Double points (2000), or no points (0). 20% of the score is the speed and 80% is the precision.
• You can choose the answer margin: none (only correct answers will be awarded points), low, medium, high or maximum (all answers are awarded points; the closer to the correct answer, the more points). Answers within this margin are accepted. 
• The number of steps for this slider adjusts automatically based on the inputted values.
• The value of each step on the slider will automatically adjust based on your min. and max. Values.
• Unit can be added after clicking Add answer. You can insert any unit within 20 characters limit. It does not affect the behavior of the question.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.
• Players can control the slider with the keyboard. Use the left/right and page up/down arrows.

Poll ( available with certain plans)

Create a question to survey your audience - no answers are right or wrong here. Participants won’t be awarded points and will not see a leaderboard afterward.

Fast facts about polls:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Time limit can range from 5 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers can be text up to 75 characters or an image. You can toggle if players can select one or more than one answer.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Word cloud ( available with certain plans)

Give every participant a voice and see their input visualized. With this question type, participants won’t be awarded points and won’t see a leaderboard afterward.

Fast facts about word clouds:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• The time limit can range from 20 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers can be up to 20 characters. Each player types in a response which will display in a word cloud. Popular responses will display in a larger font.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Brainstorm ( available with certain plans)

Keep everyone engaged and energized during in-person and virtual meetings with brainstorm, a gamified way for teams to collect, discuss, and vote on ideas.

Fast facts about brainstorm:

• The time limit can range from 30 seconds to 4 minutes (the default is 120 seconds). 
• Players can submit up to 5 ideas with up to 75 characters per idea. The creator can set the number of ideas in the kahoot creator.
• Presenters can group ideas by dragging them together.
• Players will have up to 180 seconds to vote on their favorite ideas. The voting time depends on the number of ideas.
• There is no limit to how many ideas each player can vote on. 
• The top 3 ideas will earn 1000 points per vote.
• Voting on your own idea will not award you points. 
• During assignments, ideas can only be submitted (not grouped or voted on).
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Drop pin ( available with certain plans)

Players drop a pin on top of the image you select for the question. All the answers will be shown together on the big screen.

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• Time limit can range from 20 seconds to 4 minutes.
• It’s not possible to set up points for this question type.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library.
• It’s not possible to add videos to this question type.
• Players drag the image on their devices to place the pin in the correct spot.
• After the players submit their answers the pins will be will visible on the host’s screen. The host can hide them by clicking on the icon in the bottom left corner.
• If you focus on the image using the tab key, you can move the background image around by using the arrow keys.

Open-ended ( available with certain plans)

Allow your participants to share their thoughts freely. Collect feedback, ideas or opinions from your players and increase interaction during or after your game!

Fast facts about open-ended:

• Questions can be up to 120 characters.
• The time limit can range from 20 seconds to 4 minutes.
• Answers can be up to 250 characters. Each player types in response and chooses a word to highlight. Responses will display on a scrollable wall.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube video.
• You cannot create, edit and save games with this question type if you are not subscribed to a plan that includes this feature.

Slide ( available with certain plans)

Add a slide to offer additional information. In a live game, presenters can take a moment to provide an explanation, elaborate, and discuss information. During an assignment, the participants read the information before moving to the next question. 

Fast facts about slides:

• Titles can be up to 50 characters.
• Text can be up to 250 characters. Character limits may differ depending on the layout chosen.
• You can upload an image or choose one from our image library, or embed a YouTube or Vimeo video.

• Slides can also be imported from PowerPoint, KeyNote, or PDF files.

  
  

• Choose from 10 different slide layouts and improve the readability and clarity of your slides.

• You can change the slide background colors.

  The availability of layouts and background colors depends on your subscription type.