Free projector game · 35 questions · no sign-up
Guess the Year: a history game for the classroom projector
Each slide is a real moment from history. Teams write down the year; closest team wins the point. Then use the detective question to dig deeper.
Set up (30 seconds)
How to host
- Open this page on the computer connected to the projector or TV, or AirPlay it from an iPhone or iPad.
- Press Start. It goes full screen.
- Teams write a year on paper or a whiteboard. Reveal, then give the point to the closest team (two points for an exact hit).
- Keys: T timer · Space reveal · → next · Esc exit. The + and − buttons keep score.
- At the end, the winners' screen shows a QR code to the app and lets you download a winners' certificate to print or post.
Good for
History and social studies classes, homeschool co-ops and trivia nights.
A few of the questions
- Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address. What year? (1863)
- The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. What year? (1901)
- The Boston Tea Party. What year? (1773)
- The Wright brothers make the first powered, controlled flight at Kitty Hawk. What year? (1903)
- Steve Jobs unveils the first iPhone in San Francisco. What year? (2007)
- The British Museum opens to the public in London. What year? (1759)
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PastRush: History DetectiveFree on the App Store for iPhone
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