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Survey Says Classroom Game
A free Family Feud style game for the classroom screen. Teams face off, buzz in and guess the most popular survey answers. Flip answers with a ding, give strikes and steal the bank. Kid-friendly and ESL surveys ready, or write your own.
One question per line, then the answers with their points, most popular first: Name a pet | dog 40 | cat 30 | fish 12. Use 4 to 8 answers. Without numbers, points are given by order. Saved in this browser only. The share link carries your list inside it, so colleagues can open the same game without an account.
How to play Survey Says
- Split the class into two teams (or up to four), pick a survey set and go full screen. The answers stay hidden until you flip them.
- Face-off: one player from each team comes to the front. The first to buzz in (tap the team button, or press Q, P, Z or M) gives an answer. If it is on the board, tap it to flip it. The team with the higher answer takes control of the board.
- The team in control names more answers, one player at a time. Right answers flip with a ding and their points go into the bank. A wrong answer is a strike: press X.
- After three strikes the other team gets one guess to steal. If they are right they take the whole bank; if not, the bank goes to the team in control. Press Reveal all to show the answers nobody found.
- After the last round (double points if you like), the team with the most points wins.
Build the survey with your class
The best boards come from your own students. Open the live quiz, press Ask a poll and leave the choices empty: students type one answer on their phones and a word cloud shows what most of them said. Type the most common answers, biggest first, into Edit surveys and play the board next lesson, or with a parallel class.
Survey Says is the classroom version of the TV show Family Feud (Family Fortunes in the UK). It works for vocabulary, brainstorming and ESL speaking, because every student can have a guess. For more list games, play Categories on paper, run a buzzer quiz show or a Jeopardy review.
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Questions teachers ask
Frequently asked questions
What are the points on the board?
Each answerβs points show how many people gave that answer in the survey, so the most popular answer is worth the most. The ready-made sets use made-up but realistic numbers. In your own lines, write the points after each answer, like dog 40; without numbers the board gives points by order.
How do teams buzz in?
Tap the big team button on the screen, or press Q, P, Z or M on the keyboard (one key per team). Two students can stand at the laptop with a finger on their key, or the teacher can tap for whoever raised a hand first.
Can students see the answers before they are flipped?
No. The answers are only put on the board when you flip them, and the Edit surveys panel closes when the game starts or goes full screen.
What happens on a steal?
After three strikes the other team talks it over and gives one answer. If it is on the board they take the whole bank; if not, the team in control keeps it. With three or four teams, the first team to buzz in gets the steal.