Make a Jeopardy Game Without PowerPoint or Google Slides
You don't need a slide deck to run a game show. Kleveroo lets you build, host and play a Jeopardy-style game entirely in the browser — no PowerPoint, no Google Slides, no template to download and no deck to copy. Write your own clues, let AI draft them, or open a ready-made board. The grid, the clue reveal, the timer and the team scoreboard are already built, so there are no 25 slides to duplicate and no hyperlinks to wire up.
Who ends up here
What you get instead of a slide deck
Runs in the browser
Open a link on a laptop, projector or TV. No install, no template file, no downloads.
A grid, not 25 slides
Fill in categories and clues in a form. The board, tiles and reveal are already built.
Scoring built in
Team scoreboard updates as the host awards points, so nobody keeps a tally on paper.
AI drafting if you want it
Type a topic and get a full draft board, then edit it. Optional — manual building stays free.
Share with a link
Send a URL instead of emailing a file around and hoping everyone has the latest version.
Reusable next time
Boards live in your account. Duplicate last term's review game and swap the clues.
From idea to hosted game
- Step 1
Open the board maker
A web page, not a template file. Sign in free.
- Step 2
Pick your path
Write it yourself, generate a draft with AI, or grab a ready-made board.
- Step 3
Fill the grid
Five categories, clue and answer per tile, point values your call.
- Step 4
Put it on the big screen
Host fullscreen on a projector, TV or shared laptop.
- Step 5
Play
Reveal clues, run the timer, tap points — the scoreboard keeps itself.
How do you make a Jeopardy-style game without PowerPoint or Google Slides?
Use a browser-based game board instead of a slide deck. On Kleveroo you build (or generate) a Jeopardy-style board on a web page, then host it fullscreen with clue reveals and scoring handled for you — no PowerPoint, no Google Slides, no template file, no slide duplication, no downloads.
- No presentation software required — PowerPoint, Google Slides and Keynote are all optional.
- Boards are created and hosted in the browser — nothing to download or install.
- Host controls and scoring are built into the game: it runs on one shared screen with no individual player devices to set up.
- You can build a board manually, generate one with AI, or open a ready-made public board.
- Scores are tracked automatically for each team as the host awards points.
- The same board can be reopened, duplicated and edited for the next session.
- Manual building, hosting and playing public boards are free.
No PowerPoint, no Google Slides, no template download
You do not need PowerPoint. You do not need Google Slides. You do not need to download a template, make a copy of someone's shared deck, or edit a single slide. A Jeopardy-style game is a board with categories, point tiles, clues and a scoreboard — Kleveroo gives you that directly as a web page. You type your categories and clues into a form, and the grid, the clue reveal, the countdown timer and the team scoreboard already exist. Creating and playing both happen entirely online, in any modern browser, on a laptop, Chromebook, tablet, or phone.
Why skip PowerPoint or Google Slides for this?
Both can absolutely work — plenty of great game boards have been built in them. They're just general-purpose slide tools doing a job a game tool does more directly.
How Kleveroo works — three ways to get a board
Pick whichever matches what you walked in with.
Three paths, no slide deck.
Start blank, start with AI, or start with a board someone already wrote.
Kleveroo vs a PowerPoint or Google Slides Jeopardy template
A factual side-by-side for this specific use case.
Kleveroo (browser game board)
- Runs in the browser — no presentation software, no download required
- Ready-made public boards you can host immediately
- Manual board builder with categories, clues, answers and point values
- Optional AI generation from a topic (paid plans, plus 2 free boards after signup)
- Automatic team scoreboard as the host awards points
- Played clues marked automatically, with scores and progress saved in your browser for that board
- Clue reveal and navigation handled by the app
- Shared with a link
- Boards save to your account and can be reused or duplicated
PowerPoint / Google Slides template
- Needs PowerPoint, Google Slides or a compatible app, plus the template file or a copy of the deck
- You start from whatever template you downloaded or copied
- You edit slides directly — full design control if you want it
- No built-in generation; you write or paste every clue
- Scores tracked manually on paper, a whiteboard or a separate slide
- You keep track of which clues have been played yourself
- Navigation depends on hyperlinks you set up between slides
- Shared as a file attachment or a Drive copy with permissions to manage
- Reusable by duplicating and re-editing the file
Build it online instead
Everything below runs in a browser tab — no slide editor involved.
What the host controls during the game
Who this is useful for
Teachers
Run a classroom Jeopardy review game on the projector without building a slide deck the night before.
Work teams
Office Jeopardy for all-hands, onboarding and team meetings, hosted from a laptop or conference-room screen.
Families
Family Jeopardy on the TV for game night, with categories about your own family.
Friends
Party and group trivia boards you can open and host with no prep.
No slide deck? Compare the browser tools
Every maker in this guide runs in a browser tab.
Frequently asked questions
+Can I make a Jeopardy game without PowerPoint?
Yes. Kleveroo runs entirely in the browser. You create the board on a web page, host it from the same page on a projector, TV or shared screen, and never open a slide deck or download a template file.
+Can I make a Jeopardy game without Google Slides?
Yes. You don't need Google Slides, a Google account, or a copy of someone's shared deck. Kleveroo gives you a real game board instead of slides — no linked shapes to wire up, no 25 duplicated slides, and nothing that breaks when someone edits the master copy.
+Do I need to download a Jeopardy template?
No. There is no .pptx, no .ppt, and no Slides copy to make. You open a web page, fill in categories and clues, and host from the same browser tab.
+Can I create and play the game entirely online?
Yes. Building, editing, hosting and playing all happen in the browser. Your boards save to your account, so you can reopen and reuse them from any device without hunting down a file.
+Do I need presentation software at all?
No. You don't need PowerPoint, Google Slides, Keynote, or LibreOffice. Any modern browser on a laptop, Chromebook, tablet or phone is enough to build and host a game.
+Is Kleveroo free to use?
Building boards manually, hosting games and playing ready-made public boards are free. Paid plans add AI board generation and larger grids — Kleveroo Boards is $4.99/month with 10 AI boards, and Kleveroo+ is $9.99/month with 15 AI boards.
+Can I create my own questions?
Yes. The manual board maker starts from an empty grid: you write every category name, clue, correct answer and point value yourself.
+Can AI create the game for me?
Yes. Type a topic into the AI generator and it drafts categories, clues and answers for you. It's a draft — read it through and edit anything before you host, since AI can get details wrong.
+Can I play on a classroom projector or TV?
Yes. The board is designed to be hosted fullscreen on a projector, classroom TV or shared laptop, with the host controlling clue reveals and scoring from the same screen.
+Do players need to download anything?
No. Nothing to install and no file to open — players watch the hosted board, and for live trivia rooms they join from a browser on their own device.
+Can I use Kleveroo for work or family game night?
Yes. The same board format works for classroom review, office team games and family game night. Categories, tone and point values are entirely up to you.
+Can I reuse a board next year?
Yes. Boards save to your account, so you can reopen, duplicate and edit them instead of hunting down last year's .pptx file or Slides copy.
Skip the slide deck.
Build a Jeopardy-style board in the browser, or open one that's already written.