Upload Any PDF to Generate Custom Trivia Questions

Nontrivial's PDF upload feature transforms any document into an interactive trivia game in seconds. Whether you're working with training materials, textbooks, research papers, or meeting notes, our AI analyzes the content and generates relevant questions that test comprehension rather than simple memorization.

How PDF Upload Works

The process is straightforward:

1. Upload your PDF - Drag and drop any PDF file up to 50MB into the game creation interface
2. AI processing - Our system analyzes the document structure, identifies key concepts, and extracts meaningful information
3. Question generation - The AI creates trivia questions based on the document's actual content, not just keywords
4. Game creation - Choose difficulty level, number of questions, and multiplayer settings
5. Instant play - Generate a QR code for players to join immediately

What Makes Our PDF Processing Different

Content understanding: The AI reads for comprehension, creating questions that test understanding of concepts, relationships, and key information rather than random fact recall.

Adaptive difficulty: Questions automatically adjust to your selected difficulty level. Easy questions focus on main points, while harder questions test detailed knowledge and critical thinking.

Fresh questions every time: Generate new trivia games from the same PDF multiple times with different questions, preventing memorization of specific answers.

Supported Content Types

Ideal for PDF trivia:
- Training manuals and employee handbooks
- Educational textbooks and course materials
- Research papers and industry reports
- Meeting minutes and project documentation
- Policy documents and procedures
- Historical documents and archives

Limited effectiveness:
- Image-heavy documents with minimal text
- Highly technical content with primarily equations or code
- Documents under 5 pages (insufficient content for comprehensive questions)
- Purely visual materials like infographics

Common Use Cases

Corporate Training: Transform mandatory reading materials into engaging team activities. Compliance training, safety procedures, and policy updates become interactive experiences that improve retention.

Education: Teachers and professors can quickly create review games from textbook chapters, research papers, or supplementary materials. Students report better retention when content is gamified.

Team Building: Use company documents, project specs, or industry knowledge to create competitive games that build expertise while fostering collaboration.

Study Groups: Convert textbooks, academic papers, or exam prep materials into multiplayer study sessions that make learning social and engaging.

Content Review: Ensure team members have actually read and understood important documents by turning them into quick assessment games.

Technical Specifications

• File size limit: 50MB maximum
• Processing time: 10-60 seconds depending on document length
• Question generation: 5-50 questions per document
• Supported formats: PDF only (text-searchable documents work best)
• Languages: Optimized for English content

Best Practices

File preparation: Use descriptive filenames and ensure PDFs contain searchable text rather than scanned images for optimal question generation.

Content selection: Documents with clear structure, defined concepts, and factual information produce the highest quality questions.

Difficulty settings: Start with Medium difficulty for mixed groups, then adjust based on player feedback and expertise levels.

Question review: Preview generated questions before starting games, especially for highly technical or specialized content.

Getting Started

PDF upload is available on all Nontrivial plans. Simply select "Upload PDF" when creating a new game, choose your document, and let our AI handle the rest. The feature works across all devices and requires no special software or plugins.

Transform your next team meeting, study session, or training program by turning static documents into dynamic, competitive experiences that people actually want to participate in.

Ready to try it? Create your first PDF trivia game at nontrivial.app