I can't take credit for designing this myself, but I haven't seen them posted on this site yet, and I've used them quite a lot in my classes lately. This is part of an archive of PowerPoint games designed by Dawson Powell in 2019, from the site https://pptgamedesign.wordpress.com/2019/01/09/slide-master-archive/
Hopefully, this post will inspire you to take a look at their excellent games!
There are many excellent PowerPoint games on that site, but this original Mario-themed quiz is probably my favorite. The animations are great, the sounds/music are excellent, and the scoreboard is very convenient. Another great feature is the randomizer on the points system so that each question has a different reward each time you play. I made a version for each of my elementary school classes, which I will attach to this post. For Grade 3 and 4, we use the Let's Try series. For Grade 5 and 6, we use the One World Smile series.
I will also include the original file. All you have to do is add your own pictures and questions/answers to each of the 26 question slides.
To play, split the class into groups of 4-5 (I usually use rows of students for social distancing) and have each team choose their player order. I would have the players selected to go first from each team play janken together. The winner of this match gets to choose the first question. Before this, you can assign a color to each team. Or instead, have these first players choose their team's color, in ranked order of winners from the janken match. It can be useful to have some colored paper to give to each team, so you can keep track of the team colors during the game to quickly keep score.
There are many different rewards to be had! Basic coin point rewards range from 1-5 points, an invincibility star, a Bowser slide, a freezing slide, a fire flower slide, a steal slide, a "keep or give" Bullet Bill slide, and some others!
After seeing the first question, please select whoever raises their hands the quickest for a chance to answer. It may be helpful to ask your JTE to help you with this. Use the rainbow block in the upper right corner of the main slide to keep score. Whichever team answers correctly this round, the next player from that team can choose the question slide for the next round, moving back through the rows (all 2s stand up, all 3s stand up, etc). Halfway through, you can give the teams a minute to change their team order if you are feeling generous. The team with the most points after all 26 questions (or when time runs out) is the winner!
I hope these games are useful to you and please take a look at the original designer's site for more games to use!
Nice looking bomb game and thanks for the link. It's always good to find other resources to take a peek at. Bomb games seem to be really popular in Korea.
Gee. Many thanks for the additional info.
This has been a blast to use, but I was wondering if I am missing something. I can't seem to get the explanation for the items to appear and it is confusing having to explain as they appear. Is there a prompt I should be using?
This game is a huge hit with my students! The animations are incredible, and the kids get really into it. I even made a version for my JHS 3nen, and to keep the waiting teams from getting bored, I made the rule that all teams can answer the question on their white boards and get a participation point each round, but the team whose turn it is will get the participation point+whatever is in the box. Even the big kids enjoyed it a lot!