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A modern, original Quiz Bowl practice platform with single-player modes powered by real questions from the QBreader API.
- Tossup Practice: Practice with unlimited real quiz bowl tossup questions
- Bonus Practice: Master three-part bonus questions with individual scoring
- Smart Reading: Progressive reading at adjustable speeds (50-500 WPM)
- Realistic Buzzer: Press SPACE to buzz in - answer field disabled until you buzz
- 5-Second Timer: Just like real quiz bowl - answer within 5 seconds with visual countdown
- Adjustable Reading Speed: Control how fast questions are read (50-500 WPM)
- Category Filtering: Choose from 12+ quiz bowl categories (Literature, History, Science, etc.)
- Difficulty Levels: 10 difficulty levels
- Real Quiz Bowl Questions: Powered by QBreader API with thousands of questions from actual tournaments
- Smart Answer Checking: Uses QBreader's answer checker for accurate grading
- Clean HTML tag removal - questions display without markup
- Question metadata display (category, subcategory, tournament, year, difficulty)
- Category filtering (12 categories including Literature, History, Science, etc.)
- Difficulty filtering (1-10 difficulty levels)
- Year range filtering
- Case-insensitive answer checking
- Persistent statistics tracking (localStorage)
- Real-time reading speed adjustment during practice
- Responsive design for desktop and mobile
- Keyboard shortcuts for power users
- Install Node.js dependencies:
npm install- Start the server:
npm start- Open your browser and navigate to:
http://localhost:3000
For development with auto-reload:
npm run dev- Click "TU" (Tossups) on the home screen
- Select categories, difficulties, and year range (optional - leave blank for all)
- Click "Start Practice"
- Questions will begin reading automatically at your set speed
- Press SPACE to buzz in when you know the answer
- Type your answer in the text field and press ENTER or click Submit
- Your answer will be checked and displayed with the correct answer
- Click "Next Question" to continue practicing
- Click "B" (Bonuses) on the home screen
- Select your filters and click "Start Practice"
- Each bonus has 3 parts worth 10 points each
- Answer each part sequentially
- You get 30 points maximum per bonus
- Track your PPB (Points Per Bonus) average
Adjust your experience in the Settings screen:
- Reading Speed: 50-500 WPM (default: 250)
- Auto-reveal answers: Automatically show correct answer after submitting
- Show metadata: Display question source and difficulty
- Standard format only: Filter to standard-format questions
- 10 points for correct answer
- 0 points for incorrect or timed-out answer
- Accuracy percentage shown in real-time
- 10 points per correct part
- 0 points per incorrect part
- PPB (Points Per Bonus) displayed: Total points ÷ bonuses played
After buzzing in, you have 5 seconds to answer:
- 5-3 seconds: Green
- 3-2 seconds: Yellow (warning)
- Under 2 seconds: Red and pulsing
- 0 seconds: Auto-submit if empty
| Action | Control |
|---|---|
| Buzz in | SPACE or read question fully |
| Submit answer | ENTER or click Submit button |
| Next question | N or click Next button |
| Pause reading | Click Pause button |
| Skip question | Click Skip button |
| End session | Click End Session button |
- 50 WPM - Very slow (learning mode)
- 250 WPM - Standard (default)
- 500 WPM - Very fast (challenge mode)
- Adjust anytime during practice with the slider
Literature, History, Science, Fine Arts, Religion, Mythology, Philosophy, Social Science, Current Events, Geography, Other Academic, Trash
1-10 scale matching quiz bowl tournament difficulty standards
- Leave selections empty to get questions from ALL categories/difficulties
- Select specific options to focus your practice
- Adjust year range to practice recent or vintage questions
Your practice statistics are automatically saved:
- Tossup Stats: Total played, correct, incorrect, accuracy %
- Bonus Stats: Total played, total points, parts correct, average PPB
- View in Statistics screen
- Stats persist across browser sessions (localStorage)
- All statistics stored locally in your browser
- No data sent to external servers except QBreader API calls
- You can clear stats anytime from the Statistics screen
- HTML5 (semantic markup)
- CSS3 (custom design, responsive layout)
- Vanilla JavaScript (no frameworks)
- Clean, minimal UI design
- Node.js + Express (static file server)
- No database required (browser localStorage only)
- QBreader API (https://www.qbreader.org/api)
/random-tossup- Fetch random tossup questions/random-bonus- Fetch random bonus questions/check-answer- Intelligent answer validation
- Billions of questions from actual quiz bowl tournaments
- Modern browser with JavaScript enabled
- Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge (latest versions)
- Internet connection for question loading
Questions won't load?
- Check internet connection
- Verify QBreader API is accessible
- Check browser console for errors (F12)
- Try different categories/filters
Buzz not working?
- Ensure page has focus (click on it first)
- Try spacebar
- Check that question reading has started
Answer not being checked?
- Ensure you've buzzed in first
- Check that answer field is enabled
- Verify internet connection
Stats not saving?
- Enable localStorage cookies in browser settings
- Check browser console for errors
- Try clearing and reloading
- Multiplayer mode coming soon
- Database search coming soon
- No user accounts (browser-local only)
- No power marks yet (instant 10 points detection)
- Real-time multiplayer matches
- Power mark detection
- Question database search
- User accounts and cloud statistics
- Leaderboards
- Tournament mode
- Custom question sets
- Voice reading option
- Mobile app version
- Advanced statistics and heatmaps
Lawrence Tong
Questions and answer validation powered by:
- QBreader (https://www.qbreader.org/)
- Questions from (https://quizbowlpackets.com/)
Thank you to the QBreader team for this excellent resource!
MIT License - Open source and free to use for quiz bowl practice
Have suggestions or found a bug? Open an issue on GitHub!
ProtoReader - Your personal quiz bowl practice partner. Made for competitors, by a competitor.