# Open Trivia DB **URL:** https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/general/open-trivia-db/49.md?page=1 [Latest](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/categories.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [Incorrect?trivia question](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-trivia-question/51035)
**Author:** [@Seosamh\_Dalton](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Seosamh_Dalton)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-trivia-question/51035 "2024-07-12T21:22:59Z")
Listen dude, I don’t know if this is the right place and I don’t care. I’ve never played this game. I was told your questions are what supplies the Trivia bot on discord I have to tell you that trivia question ID #423 im… --- ## [replay delay for developers](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/replay-delay-for-developers/50993)
**Author:** [@Nrde](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Nrde)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2024, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/replay-delay-for-developers/50993 "2024-07-05T12:31:39Z")
As many others I use the opentdb to test my apps It would be nice if there was a parameter for a delay or error that the API would return to help testing/debugging error situations. Of course they can be simulated on th… --- ## [Unable to sign up for account/submit questions?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/unable-to-sign-up-for-account-submit-questions/50568)
**Author:** [@gackp0](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/gackp0)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/unable-to-sign-up-for-account-submit-questions/50568 "2024-06-12T19:44:15Z")
Hi there, I’m interested in signing up for the Open Trivia DB and submitting a few questions, however, I do not receive any emails after registering and therefore cannot sign in or submit questions. Additionally, it loo… --- ## [OpenTDB Quiz App - Trivial](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-quiz-app-trivial/50617)
**Author:** [@TiberiuMatei](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/TiberiuMatei)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-quiz-app-trivial/50617 "2024-05-14T19:58:10Z")
Hey everyone, I wanted to take a moment to share something I’ve been working on recently that I think you’ll all enjoy. A quiz app with OpenTDB at its core, a web app that I’ve developed as part of my personal learning … --- ## [How many questions?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/how-many-questions/50510)
**Author:** [@Patrick\_Locke](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Patrick_Locke)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/how-many-questions/50510 "2024-04-30T20:02:34Z")
So I did the API call to get the number of questions. But I can’t find anywhere that tells me which number is used for the API calls to get questions. Is it on the verified questions? Total Questions? Total Questions … --- ## [Cannot generate API URL](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/cannot-generate-api-url/49890)
**Author:** [@OmarPython](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/OmarPython)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/cannot-generate-api-url/49890 "2024-04-18T15:31:09Z")
When I go to Open Trivia DB: Free to use, user-contributed trivia question database. and enter the data I want, I do not get a URL. The page just refreshes and removes all my entered data when I click the button. I’ve m… --- ## [Open trivia custom parameters](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-custom-parameters/50111)
**Author:** [@Cronk](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Cronk)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-custom-parameters/50111 "2024-03-18T01:19:24Z")
Hello Everyone! I am currently coding a project as a hobby which involves using the open trivia API however I am struggling to use it. I have coded it so that the user can choose the parameters as to which category, dif… --- ## [Incorrect? "What dog bread is one of the oldest breeds of dog and has flourished since before 400 BCE."](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-what-dog-bread-is-one-of-the-oldest-breeds-of-dog-and-has-flourished-since-before-400-bce/49860)
**Author:** [@F3\_LX](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/F3_LX)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-what-dog-bread-is-one-of-the-oldest-breeds-of-dog-and-has-flourished-since-before-400-bce/49860 "2024-02-14T21:26:08Z")
ID: 3003 Problem: dog’s aren’t bread. it’s supposed to say breed. --- ## [Error 403 Forbidden accessing Open Trivia DB](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/error-403-forbidden-accessing-open-trivia-db/36008)
**Author:** [@tyogautomo](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/tyogautomo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/error-403-forbidden-accessing-open-trivia-db/36008 "2024-01-25T22:36:52Z")
Hi, i currently developing simple trivia app using Open Trivia DB in React Native, but i got an error when fetching the questions using axios, the error says that i dont have permission to access /api.php in this server. … --- ## [Open Trivia DB Down](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-down/49568)
**Author:** [@CHG](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/CHG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-down/49568 "2024-01-25T17:41:38Z")
Just wanted to post a heads up that the site and by extension the API has been down this morning. Thanks --- ## [Opentdb appears to be down this morning, what is status?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-appears-to-be-down-this-morning-what-is-status/49358)
**Author:** [@tchnupa](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/tchnupa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-appears-to-be-down-this-morning-what-is-status/49358 "2023-12-20T23:39:22Z")
Hi. I am trying to finish a class project that uses https://opentdb.com but am not getting a response from the site. I was getting valid responses from your API over the past month or so. Is the site down and when is it … --- ## [Website is down](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/website-is-down/49359)
**Author:** [@ASRadose](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/ASRadose)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/website-is-down/49359 "2023-12-20T18:44:22Z")
Just wondering if anyone knows when we could expect it to be back up? I love this api and i’m using it for a project that I have to hand in on Christmas day! --- ## [Download rate limited](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/download-rate-limited/49325)
**Author:** [@3no](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/3no)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/download-rate-limited/49325 "2023-12-17T04:30:22Z")
I have an iOS app that downloads a substantial portion of the trivia db for offline use. It recently began tripping 429 rate limiting. Please advise the parameters to stay within to avoid rate limiting. Thanks! --- ## [Is there a way to get questions by looking up their question IDs in Open Trivia DB?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-questions-by-looking-up-their-question-ids-in-open-trivia-db/49276)
**Author:** [@dhl](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/dhl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-questions-by-looking-up-their-question-ids-in-open-trivia-db/49276 "2023-12-08T19:58:16Z")
Basically what the title says, I want to get questions from the API but I would like to re-use questions sometimes. Is there a way to get the question using the IDs given? --- ## [Can you create new categories?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/can-you-create-new-categories/49191)
**Author:** [@visionquest1972](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/visionquest1972)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/can-you-create-new-categories/49191 "2023-11-24T04:42:43Z")
I love the site! I’m wondering if it is possible to create new categories for the Open Trivia Database? I want to create a website for fans of the band Coheed and Cambria and I want to add questions aimed at just that co… --- ## [Get more than 50 questions](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/get-more-than-50-questions/49067)
**Author:** [@nexus87](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/nexus87)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/get-more-than-50-questions/49067 "2023-11-12T04:50:09Z")
I’m stuggling to understand how to use Session Tokens to get more than 50 questions. I am using PHP and I can make curl requests to load questions from the API. If I generate a Session Token at https://opentdb.com/api\_to… --- ## [OpenTDB Viewer](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-viewer/48686)
**Author:** [@hiotewdew](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/hiotewdew)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/opentdb-viewer/48686 "2023-09-30T13:32:36Z")
I made a pretty simple quiz webapp for OpenTDB a while ago. It specifically has the ability to filter out the Anime/Manga category, lol it can also track score. --- ## [Special characters problem in API](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/special-characters-problem-in-api/48235)
**Author:** [@Yasin\_Atagun](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Yasin_Atagun)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/special-characters-problem-in-api/48235 "2023-08-16T18:14:03Z")
hello, im doing a practice project myself on android kotlin. The problem with api is it giving me question texts with speacial charachters like y' , " etc. How can i fix that for my little game ? --- ## [Getting the question ID](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/getting-the-question-id/45147)
**Author:** [@cesar8389](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/cesar8389)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/getting-the-question-id/45147 "2023-08-06T04:01:52Z")
Hello! Actually I am doing a trivia game and want to filter the question to not show a repeated one. Are there an option to receive the question ID to save that and don’t show the question to the user? --- ## [API to add new questions. ](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/api-to-add-new-questions/48154)
**Author:** [@c.murphy360](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/c.murphy360)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/api-to-add-new-questions/48154 "2023-08-06T04:01:49Z")
Hi… I’m working on a Discord Trivia Bot that uses Open Trivia DB as one of it’s sources. I’m creating some new questions and would love the ability to “pay-back” the project in some manner. I imagine there could be API… --- ## [For Developers: New OpenTriviaDB NPM Module](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/for-developers-new-opentriviadb-npm-module/44035)
**Author:** [@Elitezen](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Elitezen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/for-developers-new-opentriviadb-npm-module/44035 "2023-08-06T04:01:44Z")
I’ve recently published an Open Trivia DataBase NPM Module with TypeScript Typings. It is lightweight and fast with a straight forward design. If you are interested in using it or contributing to it: --- ## [Is the Open Trivia project dead?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/is-the-open-trivia-project-dead/48034)
**Author:** [@Cory\_Guagliardo](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Cory_Guagliardo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/is-the-open-trivia-project-dead/48034 "2023-07-06T05:05:03Z")
You cannot sign up because you receive an “This page isn’t working” error. You can’t login without verifying an email that never shows up, and you can’t reset your password without the same errors. Also, there seem to b… --- ## [No randomization when querying multiple questions](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/no-randomization-when-querying-multiple-questions/47972)
**Author:** [@Fax](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Fax)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/no-randomization-when-querying-multiple-questions/47972 "2023-06-20T04:17:54Z")
Questions aren’t randomized properly when requesting more than 1 question. Steps to reproduce the bug Enter the following API call into your browser: https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=50&category=10 Look at the firs… --- ## [Open Trivia DB Available on ChatGPT](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-available-on-chatgpt/47767)
**Author:** [@drengskapur](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/drengskapur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-available-on-chatgpt/47767 "2023-05-16T20:57:50Z")
Good Day Y’all, Just wanted to announce that I made a ChatGPT Plugin for Open Trivia DB and it happened to make OpenAI’s Verified Plugin List: source: https://github.com/drengskapur/open-trivia-database-chat-plugin --- ## [How to get a session key?](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/how-to-get-a-session-key/47727)
**Author:** [@tafadzwamabika](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/tafadzwamabika)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/how-to-get-a-session-key/47727 "2023-05-11T15:10:24Z")
I was wondering how I could get a session token to use in my project. Can someone help? --- ## [Open Trivia DB Database Structure (Please)](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-database-structure-please/35135)
**Author:** [@Neo](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Neo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/open-trivia-db-database-structure-please/35135 "2023-04-22T22:29:16Z")
Hi, I see that verifying questions for the Open Trivia DB is falling behind and there are over 3000 questions in the queue to be verified, including two (test questions) of mine. Because of this long latency in getting… --- ## [Incorrect? Typo 1724](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-typo-1724/47486)
**Author:** [@Berdi](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Berdi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-typo-1724/47486 "2023-04-17T02:31:57Z")
The Question “In 1720, England was in massive debt, and became in involved in the South Sea Bubble. Who was the main mastermind behind it?” has two typos in it, the comma after “debt” is wrong and the “in” before “involv… --- ## [Incorrect? "Albert Einstein had trouble with mathematics when he was at school."](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-albert-einstein-had-trouble-with-mathematics-when-he-was-at-school/45500)
**Author:** [@Declan\_Knittel](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Declan_Knittel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-albert-einstein-had-trouble-with-mathematics-when-he-was-at-school/45500 "2023-01-18T00:32:56Z")
This is a True/False question in the OpenTrivia DB, the answer is false: “Einstein excelled at math and physics from a young age, reaching a mathematical level years ahead of his peers.” Albert Einstein - Wikipedia But,… --- ## [Incorrect? "Codemasters is the developer of the Gran Turismo series"](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-codemasters-is-the-developer-of-the-gran-turismo-series/46346)
**Author:** [@Declan\_Knittel](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Declan_Knittel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-codemasters-is-the-developer-of-the-gran-turismo-series/46346 "2023-01-18T00:32:21Z")
This is a True/False question in the OpenTrivia DB, the answer is false: The developers are Polyphony Digital according to Wikipedia: Gran Turismo (series) - Wikipedia But, I selected the ‘False’ option, and got the a… --- ## [Incorrect? "The flag of South Africa features 7 colours"](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-the-flag-of-south-africa-features-7-colours/46347)
**Author:** [@Declan\_Knittel](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/u/Declan_Knittel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/t/incorrect-the-flag-of-south-africa-features-7-colours/46347 "2023-01-18T00:31:57Z")
This is a True/False question in the OpenTrivia DB, the answer is false: But, I selected the ‘False’ option, and got the answer wrong. This is a common issue with True/Fa… [Previous page](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/general/open-trivia-db/49.md) [Next page](https://forums.pixeltailgames.com/c/general/open-trivia-db/49.md?page=2)