Quizzical

A lightweight, responsive quiz app built with React and Vite that fetches questions from the Open Trivia Database (OpenTDB). Designed for short, 5-question quizzes with randomized choices, score tracking, and a simple start/new game flow.

Features

• Select quiz category and enter a player name.
• Fetches 5 multiple-choice questions from OpenTDB.
• Randomized answer order per question.
• Check answers to reveal correct/incorrect choices and display score.
• "New Game" flow to restart with fresh questions.
• Accessible, minimal UI and responsive layout.

Tech stack

• React (v18+)
• Vite
• nanoid (stable IDs)
• he (HTML entity decoding)
• react-icons
• CSS Modules

Quick start

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 16+
• npm

Install and run locally:

npm install
npm run dev

Build and preview:

npm run build
npm run preview

Lint:

npm run lint

Usage

1. Open the app in the browser (development server provided by Vite).
2. Enter your name and choose a category on the Start screen.
3. Click "Start Quiz" to fetch and display 5 questions.
4. Select answers, then click "Check Answers" to reveal correct ones and see your score.
5. Click "New Game" to play again with a new set of questions.

Project structure (key files)

• index.html — App entry
• src/main.jsx — React bootstrap
• src/App.jsx — Top-level app and context provider
• src/Page/Start.jsx — Start screen (name & category)
• src/Page/Quiz.jsx — Quiz page wrapper
• src/components/QuizComp.jsx — Fetches questions and manages quiz state
• src/components/QuizList.jsx — Renders question list and score actions
• src/components/Question.jsx — Single question UI and answer styling
• src/components/UserData.jsx — Name & category form
• src/utils/HandleQuestionTypeContext.js — Category selection context
• vite.config.js — Vite configuration

Notes

• Category select passes values as "-"; parsing happens before API requests.
• Questions are retrieved from OpenTDB: https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=5&category=<id>.
• HTML entities in questions/answers are decoded using he.

Contributing

• Fork the repository and create a feature branch.
• Run the app and tests locally, ensure linting passes.
• Open a pull request with a clear description of changes.

Troubleshooting

• If questions fail to load, confirm network access and that the OpenTDB API is reachable.
• Use the browser console or the dev server terminal to view runtime errors.

License

MIT License

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