Looking for ways to keep the family off screens at dinner, a mum fed NotebookLM a mix of her son's fifth-grade homework, holiday notes and silly family facts, then asked it for quiz questions. The result was their own Jeopardy-style night at home, with categories all about them.
Using only the sources in this notebook, write a family quiz with [NUMBER] rounds: [E.G. SCHOOL STUFF, OUR HOLIDAYS, FAMILY FACTS]. Write [NUMBER] questions per round, mixing easy ones for [YOUNGEST AGE] with harder ones for the adults, and give the answers separately at the end. Keep it kind: no questions that could embarrass anyone.
Replace the [PLACEHOLDERS] with your own details before you send it.
How to try it
- Add a few sources to a new NotebookLM notebook: homework sheets, holiday notes, a list of funny family facts.
- Ask for rounds and questions pitched at everyone’s ages.
- Print or read them out at dinner, and add new sources for the next quiz night.
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