Public Display
What Public Screen Does
The Public Display gives the room a shared focal point. Instead of players looking over the host’s shoulder or trying to follow a spreadsheet, everyone sees the same clean game board.
When the host opens a card in the Control Room, the public display updates to the active question. When the host reveals the answer, the audience sees it. When the host shows the scoreboard, the standings appear on the display. When media or events are triggered, the screen follows along.
This keeps the live quiz understandable for players, spectators, and co-hosts.
Why Hosts Use It
A live quiz feels more professional when the audience has a dedicated screen. It makes categories visible, helps players understand which question is active, and turns answer reveals into shared moments.
It also prevents a common hosting problem: accidentally showing host controls, notes, score edits, or the wrong tab. The host can keep the Control Room private while the public display stays polished.
For in-person events, this is useful on a projector, TV, or monitor. For livestreams, the public display can be captured as the clean visual feed while the host manages the game elsewhere.
Best-Fit Examples
For pub quiz nights, the public display shows the board and makes score reveals feel more exciting.
For company events, it gives teams a shared screen during all-hands games, onboarding trivia, or team-building sessions.
For classrooms, it keeps attention at the front of the room while still allowing phone participation when needed.
For parties, birthdays, and weddings, it turns custom trivia into a real shared presentation instead of a laptop-only game.
For livestreams, it provides a clean scene source without exposing the host’s private controls.
Make Your Quiz Look Unique
Display themes let you change the look and feel of the public screen for a live show. In the Game Show Editor, you can choose the visual style your audience will see when the quiz is running on a TV, projector, monitor, or shared stream.
Themes are useful because different events need different energy. A company trivia session may need a cleaner, more polished look, while a birthday party, classroom game, or pub quiz can use something more playful. Choosing a theme helps the board, question cards, answer reveals, and scoreboard feel more intentional before the show even starts.
The selected theme is saved with the show, so the public display opens with the right style when you start a live session. You can also adjust the display theme from the Control Room during a live session if you want to change the room’s presentation without rebuilding the show.
How It Works In QuizStage
Create your show in the Game Show Editor, then start a live session. In the Control Room, use Open Display Screen to launch the public display. Move that window to the room screen, projector, TV, or stream capture.
The display stays synced with live session state. It can show the board, question side, answer side, scoreboard, leaderboard, join screen, media playback, countdowns, and events. The host decides what appears and when.
QuizStage also shows display presence in the Control Room, so the host can tell whether one or more public screens are connected. That is useful before the event starts: open the display, confirm it is listening, check audio, then begin the show.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use a projector or TV?
Yes. Open the public display in a browser window and move it to the projector, TV, or monitor connected to your device.
Can the audience see host controls?
No. The public display is separate from the host Control Room.
Does it update live?
Yes. The public display follows the host’s live actions.
Can I use it for streaming?
Yes. Many hosts can capture the public display window as the clean audience-facing view.