HowSmart.net launched in 2020 as a news-based trivia website. It offers a weekly news quiz and daily trivia games that allow users to test their knowledge of current events, entertainment, history, arts, and more.
When false news articles are widely spread, we ensure that this site’s information comes from reliable and trustworthy sources. All answers on our website are cross-checked with the most trusted news providers on the planet and relevant government agencies and NGOs.
We also offer a unique opportunity for advertisers to engage users in challenging, empowering, and entertaining ways.
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Our Mission
HowSmart.net aims to curate reliable news facts and deliver them to audiences everywhere, including those less likely to engage in news-oriented media. We chose to do it with fun and engaging free quizzes, as we believe information should be free and learning should be fun.
Our Products
We always strive to innovate and reach new audiences through new products.
Interactive Quizzes
HowSmart.net offers three types of interactive games:
- Online interactive multiple-choice questions – in which each click reveals the correct answer and adds relevant news facts.
- 2022 Famous Firsts Trivia Quiz: Who Done it First?
- In Her Honor: Queen Elizabeth Trivia Quiz (2022)
- Media Quiz: 21 Broadcast & Digital Media Questions
- Interactive trivia web stories – in which each click reveals a new fact.
- Downloadable PowerPoint files – each click reveals a possible answer and eliminates them until the correct answer remains and a news-fact is revealed.
- Women’s History Month 2022 Big Factbook | Printable PDF
- Download The Latest Printable Trivia Questions and Answers | PDF + PPTx
- Big Quiz of the Year 2021 – Awesome Printable Trivia and PPT
The News Quiz of the Week
A weekly news challenge, with questions and multiple-choice answers on the last seven days’ headlines. We double-check each answer with reliable sources such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Associated Press, Reuters, and Washington Post, to name a few.
Our current events game rounds up global news headlines on politics, entertainment, science, technology, business, and more. The News Quiz of the Week is intended for everyone – from individual news junkies to weekend gatherings and students worldwide. We also offer a video version for classes and Zoom parties. Take the News Quiz of the Week.
- Sept. 23 News Quiz of the Week: Royal Funeral First
- Sept. 16 News Quiz of the Week: Final Royal Good-Bye
- Sept. 9 News Quiz of the Week: The Unstoppable Queen is Gone
Daily Trivia Games
Test your knowledge in our deep-dive challenges, published (almost) daily, on every subject imaginable – from Netflix to Elon Musk and Black History. All games have multiple-choice answers and up-to-date bonus news facts. Try our Daily Trivia Quizzes.
- Facebook Quiz: Super Meta Questions (2022)
- Sept. 2022 Entertainment News Super Quiz
- 2022 Famous Firsts Trivia Quiz: Who Done it First?
Free Quiz Rounds
Trivia contests are ever-popular on family game nights, pub quizzes, and friends’ gatherings. We offer easy-to-copy questions and answers for (almost) any topic. Most of our game rounds also offer a video version. Printable PDFs and customizable PowerPoint quizzes are available to download for an extra cost. Get your FREE first download with this coupon code: ImSmart. Check out our free quiz rounds.
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Quiz Questions
If you’re looking for endless lists of topical questions, we’ve created a Questions Lists section with hundreds of updated questions and answers for your next pub quiz or game night. Feel free to copy any or all of our huge lists of trivia questions.
- 60 Excellent Quiz Questions for Adults – 2022
- 60 Best Questions for A Family Quiz – 2022
- Trivia about Politics | 200+ Political News Questions
- 100+ Great Technology trivia quiz questions (and answers)
- 100+ Nature and Science Trivia Quiz Questions (And Answers)
- 100+ Great Movie Trivia Questions and Answers
Printable Trivia and Factbooks
- Quiz Rounds: Trivia lovers can download our game rounds in printable PDFs (10 multiple-choice questions on one page, detailed answers with links to relevant news sources on another) and customizable PowerPoint files to enrich any trivia event. Please find our latest downloadable trivia rounds here.
- The Yearly Factbook: Trivia masters and teachers will enjoy a full year of questions and answers divided into topics like current events, science and nature, entertainment, and sports. You’ll find valuable and engaging clickable links on every page of our Yearly Factbook. Download a full year of questions and answers here.
- Teachers’ Resources: We also offer downloadable resources for teachers on subjects like Black History Month, Women’s History Month, and Earth Month.
Our Additional Channels
- HowSmart YouTube Channel: Video news quizzes and short updates.
- Faqt.site: An endless stream of questions and reliable answers.
Ownership
HowSmart.net is privately owned and maintained by Orr Knispel – until recently, a full-time journalist and part-time questions writer for TV, apps, and print, with experience of over 20 years covering current events.
