Rachel Sunderland

The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top!

Imagine a trivia game where "phone a friend" means live-calling another dev in the audience. We built it with Vonage APIs.

The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top!
#1about 4 minutes

Introduction to the Vonage Trivia Voyage

The hosts explain the rules, prize tiers, and ChatGPT-powered format of the live developer trivia game.

#2about 2 minutes

How the quiz app was built with Vonage APIs

The application is a Node.js app running on a cloud runtime that uses Vonage APIs for interactive lifelines like 'Dial a Dev' and 'Text the Audience'.

#3about 15 minutes

First contestant answers developer trivia questions

The first contestant answers a series of software development questions on topics like version control, UAT, and agile, using the 'Text the Audience' lifeline.

#4about 16 minutes

Second contestant tackles challenging quiz questions

The second contestant plays the game, facing questions about software development lifecycle, team structures, and continuous integration, using the 'Dial a Dev' lifeline.

#5about 12 minutes

A couple teams up for the final trivia round

A couple works together as a team to answer questions about APIs, loose coupling, and development methodologies, using lifelines to navigate difficult choices.

#6about 1 minute

Quiz conclusion and final announcements

The hosts conclude the trivia game, thank the participants and audience, and invite everyone to the Vonage booth for prizes and the after-party.

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