TV game shows
The host reads a question, checks your answer, and adds points.
12GAME PROJECTS · QUIZ
Make your own quiz.
Build a game that asks questions, checks the answers, and counts your points.
IN REAL LIFE
Questions with points.
Ask, answer, check, count. Quizzes are everywhere.
Class quiz apps
Everyone answers on a screen, and the app shows the score at the end.
Flash cards
A question on the front, the answer on the back. You count how many you got.
THE PLAN
Four small steps.
Each step uses something you already learned.
Two lists
One list keeps the questions, the other the answers, in the same order.
[ ] questions[i]
Ask each one
A for loop goes through every question and asks it with input().
for range() input()
Check and count
lower() ignores capitals. If the answer matches, add 1 to the score.
if lower() + 1
Final message
After the loop, if and elif pick a message for the score.
if elif else
RUN IT
Play the quiz.
Guess first. Then run real Python and check.
Guess the result
Read the game in the editor. Then look at PyBot's answers.
PyBot's answers: 5, Blue, cusco
What score does Python show?
OUTPUT
PyBot's hint
Ready. Press Run Python.
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Open-source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0. License
Now change one thing: Write your own question and answer at the end of each list, then change range(3) to range(4).
BUILD IT
Build the quiz, piece by piece.
Each task builds one part of a quiz. Match the goal.
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Step 1: capitals are OK
The player typed BLUE and lost the point. Use lower() so capitals do not matter.
Goal output
What color is the sky? BLUE Correct!OUTPUT
Step 2: keep score
Both answers are right, but the score stays 0. Add the missing line.
Goal output
2 + 2? 4 Correct! 3 + 3? 6 Correct! Score: 2OUTPUT
Step 3: the final message
Follow the comments. Add an elif and an else so 1 point shows the right message.
Goal output
Good try!OUTPUT
YOUR TURN
Questions about the quiz.
Try each tiny question. A wrong answer becomes something to review.
Which question?
questions = ["2 + 3?", "Sky color?", "Capital of Peru?"]
print(questions[1])What will Python show?
Same order
questions = ["2 + 3?", "Sky color?"]
answers = ["blue", "5"]A player answers 5 to "2 + 3?". What happens?
How many turns?
for i in range(3):
print(i)Which numbers does i take?
Small letters
reply = "LiMa"
print(reply.lower())What will Python show?
A sneaky capital
answers = ["Lima"]
reply = "lima"
if reply.lower() == answers[0]:
print("Correct!")
else:
print("Oops!")What will Python show?
Count the points
The quiz has 3 questions. The player gets 1 right and 2 wrong.
score = 0
...
score = score + 1What is the score at the end?
The final message
score = 0
if score == 3:
print("Perfect! You are a quiz star.")
elif score == 2:
print("Great job!")
else:
print("Keep practicing!")What will Python show?
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BIG IDEA
Lists + a loop = a whole quiz.
Keep questions and answers in lists, ask each one with for, and let the score decide the final message.