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IB Biology A2.3 Pub Quiz: Viruses

A2.3 as a pub quiz for your class: review rounds on this subtopic, mixed with pure-fun rounds so it feels like a night out and not another test. Opens at SL; switch to HL in the builder to add the higher level cards.

Print teacher pages Print student pages Open in the builder to change it

Teacher pages are the quizmaster script and tally sheet. Student pages are the team answer sheet, handout and picture sheet. Both open ready to print, on A4 or US Letter.

What it covers

IB Biology at SL, with HL cards when you switch the level: A2.3 Viruses.

The running order

nine rounds and a handout of riddles. Review rounds are drawn from this topic each time you open the quiz, so two classes never get the same paper, and every review round can be redrawn in a click.

Riddle me this review
Course terms as riddles: "I have a head that loves water and two tails that hate it…" Teams write what it is.
Close-up fun
A tiny zoomed-in patch. What's the full picture?
Fact or fiction fun
Myths and true-but-weird facts. Teams write Fact or Fiction.
Think it through review
Scenarios, odd ones out, true or false and why, puzzles: questions to reason through. Give teams a little longer.
Films in science-speak fun
A film plot, described like a research abstract. Name the film.
Who am I? Scientists fun
Three clues, hardest first. 3 points after clue 1, 2 after clue 2, 1 after clue 3.
Missing vowels: course terms review
Your key terms with the vowels taken out.
Funny animal noises fun
YouTube clips of animals making ridiculous noises. Screen off, listen, guess, then watch the reveal.
Closest wins fun
Estimation questions. Nearest team wins the point. Doubles as the tiebreaker.

How it runs

Open it in the builder. The running order loads ready to go. Swap, add or drop rounds, or draw a round's questions again.
Present it or print it. Present puts each round on the projector in 16:9 with quizmaster notes. Print gives the script, team answer sheets, a picture sheet and a tally sheet on A4 or US Letter, with no projector needed.
Score it. Teams swap sheets, mark, and each plays one joker to double a round. The scores page reveals the leaderboard from last place up.

What it covers

The running order

How it runs

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