Review days do not have to feel like review days. When students hear the Jeopardy music and see a point board on the screen, something shifts in the room. They lean in. They compete. They remember. This free Jeopardy game maker lets you build a fully custom game for any subject, any grade, in about five minutes — and play it directly in the browser or download it as a file you can use any time, even without internet.

Panel 1 — Game Setup: Give your game a title (this appears on the board during play), add your name and subject, then choose how many categories and point rows you want. The standard format is 5 categories with 5 rows (100 through 500 points), but you can go as small as 3 categories and 3 rows for a quick warm-up or as large as 6 categories with 5 rows for a full review. Set a timer per question if you want to keep things moving, and toggle Daily Double and Final Jeopardy on or off.

Panel 2 — Board Theme: Choose from eight color themes — Classic Blue (the authentic Jeopardy navy and gold), Dark Mode, Forest Green, Ocean Blue, Royal Purple, Sunset Red, Slate Gray, or a fully custom theme where you pick every color yourself. The board preview updates live when you switch themes.

Panel 3 — Teams: Select how many teams are playing (2 through 6) and type each team's name. These names appear on the live scoreboard at the bottom of the board during play.

Panel 4 — Categories and Questions: Each category collapses into its own section. Click the header to expand it, type the category name, then fill in a clue and an answer for each point value. The clue is what students see on screen. The answer appears only when the teacher clicks Reveal. Leave any clue blank and that tile shows as empty on the board.

Panel 5 — Final Jeopardy: Enter a category name, a clue, and the correct answer. This round launches from a gold button at the bottom of the live board after all other questions have been played.

How to Play Live in Class

Click Preview and Play and the game board appears on the page. Click the Full Screen button to cover your entire display — this works on every browser and completely fills the screen regardless of the projector or display you are using.

Click any point cell to reveal the question. A full-screen overlay shows the category, point value, and the clue. Use the timer bar (if you set one) to keep teams on pace. When teams answer, click Reveal Answer to show the correct response, then tap the score award button for whichever team answered correctly. Their score updates instantly on the board. Click Mark Used and Close to cross out that cell and return to the board.

When all questions are answered, click Final Jeopardy to launch the final round, then click Declare Winner for the full celebration — confetti, a winner announcement, and a final scoreboard showing every team's score.

Download as a Playable HTML File

The Download Playable Game button generates a complete .html file with every question, answer, sound effect, timer, scoreboard, Final Jeopardy, and the winner celebration built in. Open it in any browser — Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge — with no internet connection needed. Save it to your desktop, a USB drive, or Google Drive and it is ready to play any time. Every downloaded game includes a richineducation.com header so students can find more tools.

This is the most useful format for most teachers. Build the game once, download it, and use it every year for that unit. Share it with a colleague. Bring it to a review session on your laptop without worrying about the school Wi-Fi.

Download as PowerPoint

The Download PowerPoint button generates a .pptx file with a title slide, a complete visual game board, individual question and answer slides for every cell, a Final Jeopardy sequence, and a scoreboard slide. Use it if your school projector setup works best with a presentation file, or if you want to edit the slides further in PowerPoint before playing.

Your Game Saves Automatically

Every change you make is saved to your browser automatically. If you close the tab and come back later, your entire game — every question, every category name, your team names, and your theme — restores exactly where you left it.