Trivia Question Generator Actor

• This Actor provides random trivia from a database containing hundreds of thousands questions and answers about science, literature, philosophy and other fascinating topics.

• A powerful and easy-to-use actor for generating trivia questions using the Trivia API. Perfect for creating quiz applications, educational content, or entertainment purposes.

🎯 Features

• Generate multiple-choice or true/false questions
• Customize difficulty levels
• Select from 24 different categories
• Control the number of questions generated
• Clean and structured JSON output

📋 Input Configuration

The actor accepts the following input parameters:

Required Parameters

None - all parameters have default values for ease of use.

Optional Parameters

• type (string)

  • Question type format
  • Default: "multiple"
  • Available options:
    • "multiple" (multiple choice questions)
    • "boolean" (true/false questions)

• amount (number)

  • Number of questions to generate
  • Default: 10
  • Range: 1 to 50

• difficulty (string)

  • Question difficulty level
  • Default: "easy"
  • Available options:
    • "easy"
    • "medium"
    • "hard"

• category (number)

  • Topic category for questions
  • Default: 10 (Entertainment: Books)
  • Available categories (with corresponding IDs):
    • General Knowledge (9)
    • Entertainment: Books (10)
    • Entertainment: Film (11)
    • Entertainment: Music (12)
    • Entertainment: Musicals & Theatres (13)
    • Entertainment: Television (14)
    • Entertainment: Video Games (15)
    • Entertainment: Board Games (16)
    • Science & Nature (17)
    • Science: Computers (18)
    • Science: Mathematics (19)
    • Mythology (20)
    • Sports (21)
    • Geography (22)
    • History (23)
    • Politics (24)
    • Art (25)
    • Celebrities (26)
    • Animals (27)
    • Vehicles (28)
    • Entertainment: Comics (29)
    • Science: Gadgets (30)
    • Entertainment: Japanese Anime & Manga (31)
    • Entertainment: Cartoon & Animations (32)

📤 Output

The actor outputs an array of question objects in JSON format. Each question object contains:

1{
2    "category": "Entertainment: Books",
3    "type": "multiple",
4    "difficulty": "easy",
5    "question": "Who wrote 'Harry Potter'?",
6    "correct_answer": "J.K. Rowling",
7    "incorrect_answers": [
8        "J.R.R. Tolkien",
9        "Terry Pratchett",
10        "Daniel Radcliffe"
11    ]
12}

💡 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

1{
2    "type": "multiple",
3    "amount": 2,
4    "difficulty": "easy",
5    "category": 10
6}

Advanced Usage

1{
2    "type": "boolean",
3    "amount": 5,
4    "difficulty": "hard",
5    "category": 18
6}

⚠️ Error Handling

The actor includes robust error handling:

• Invalid input parameters will trigger appropriate error messages
• Network issues are caught and reported
• API limitations are properly handled

🔧 Technical Details

• Built on Apify platform
• Uses the URL3986 encoding
• Outputs data in structured JSON format
• Automatically handles API authentication

💪 Benefits

• Easy integration with other systems
• Customizable question generation
• Clean, structured data output
• Reliable error handling
• Suitable for educational and entertainment applications

🚀 Getting Started

1. Create an Apify account if you haven't already
2. Add the Trivia actor to your project
3. Configure the input parameters
4. Run the actor and collect your trivia questions!

📝 Notes

• The actor uses default values if parameters are not specified
• Questions are randomly selected from the chosen category
• Output is always in JSON format for easy parsing
• Results are both pushed to the dataset and stored as the "output" key-value store

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