# Last One Standing

> An elimination quiz: everyone stands on a floating tile, a wrong answer drops it, and the last player standing wins.

Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/quiz-games/last-one-standing · EngageSlide Help Center · Quiz & Game Slides

## What is Last One Standing?

**Last One Standing** is an elimination quiz for the whole room. Every player gets a tile on a floating floor on the big screen — over the clouds, a lava pit or icy water. Each question is a race against the clock on everyone’s phone: answer right and you stay on your tile; answer wrong (or not at all) and your tile shakes, cracks and drops into the abyss. The camera zooms in as the floor empties. If everyone still standing gets a question wrong, nobody falls. When only two players are left, they face off in a **final showdown**, and the winner is crowned the last one standing. It turns any set of review or trivia questions into a nail-biting game that ends with one champion and a podium.

Video tutorial: [Last One Standing — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/7_Fw3lQSPHU)

Presenter creates the slide → Click Present → Share code / QR → Audience enters code → Respond & submit → Real-time results

## Create a Last One Standing slide

1. On **Home**, click + Create new presentation (or add a slide to an existing one).
2. In **Choose Slide Type**, pick **Last One Standing**. You can also type it into Search slide types….
3. The slide is created and the right panel opens on the **Content** tab.

## Set up the content

1. Under **Questions**, edit the 12 sample questions or write your own. Each question has 2–4 answers; click the coloured shape next to an answer to mark it **correct** (it turns into a ✓).
2. Use + Add answer, ✕ to remove an answer, ↑ to move a question up and the bin to delete it. Click + Add question for a new one.
3. To add many questions at once, click **Paste list** and paste one question per line: Question | \*Correct answer | Wrong | Wrong — the star marks the right answer. Click **Add**.
4. Add 10 or more questions so the floor has time to empty: when the questions run out, everyone still standing shares the win.
5. Open **Settings** to choose the time per question, one or two lives, the final showdown and the theme.

![The Last One Standing editor — slide list, live screen with join code & QR, and the content panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-editor.webp)

## Last One Standing settings

- **Time per question** — 10, 15 (default), 20 or 30 seconds. The question closes early once everyone still standing has answered.
- **Lives** — **1 life** (default): one wrong answer and the tile drops. **2 lives**: the first wrong answer cracks the tile, the second one drops it — good for younger players or harder questions.
- **Final showdown** — On by default. When a game of three or more is down to two players, they duel: a right answer beats a wrong one, if both are right the faster answer wins the round, and the first to win 2 rounds is the last one standing. Off: the two keep playing normal questions until one falls.
- **Theme** — **Sky islands** (grass tiles over the clouds), **Lava pit** (stone tiles over glowing lava) or **Ice floes** (ice tiles over dark water).

![Last One Standing settings in the right panel](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-settings.webp)

## Present & share the join code

1. Click **Present** in the top bar to put the slide on the big screen.
2. A **join code** and a **QR code** appear (e.g. `36Y56`).
3. Participants open the **Audience** app at **join.engageslide.com**, type the code and press **Enter** — or simply scan the QR.
4. When everyone has joined, the responses start flowing in live.

## How the audience responds

Players join with your code and enter their name; their phone says **You’re on the floor!** and their avatar appears on a tile on the big screen. For each question the phone shows the question, a countdown bar and big coloured answer buttons; after tapping, the choice locks in. At the reveal the phone says **Still standing!** with the number of players left, **Your tile cracked!** (with two lives) or **Your tile dropped!** with their final place, such as **#7 of 12**. Players who have fallen keep watching the questions. In the final showdown the two finalists see **Final showdown vs Mia**; at the end the winner sees **You’re the last one standing!** and everyone else their place. Players who join after the start watch that game and get a tile in the next one.

## View results

Before the game the big screen shows every player on their tile, the number of questions, the time, the lives and whether there is a final showdown. Press **START** (or Enter). During a question it shows how many are still standing, the question, a countdown ring, the answer buttons and how many have answered. Press **Reveal now** to close it early. The right answer lights up with the number of votes on each answer, then the floor reacts: tiles of wrong answers shake and drop, and a banner says **5 players fell!**, **Nobody got it — everyone survives!** or **Everyone got it right!**, with the fastest right answer. Press **Next question**. In the showdown the two finalists face each other with a **VS** header, their round wins and their answer times; **Point to Mia!** after each round. The winner gets a crown and confetti, then **See the podium** shows first, second and third place (players who fell on the same question share a place), a chart of how many fell on each question and the toughest question. **Play again** puts everyone back on the floor; ↺ restarts.

![The question list: mark the right answer with ✓, or paste a whole list at once](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-questions.webp)

![Before the game: every player on their tile, plus the rules for this game](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-lobby.webp)

![A question: how many are standing, the countdown and how many have answered](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-question.webp)

![On the phone: the question and the coloured answer buttons](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-phone-question.webp)
![Right answer — still standing](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-phone-safe.webp)
![Wrong answer — the tile drops and the phone shows your place](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-phone-fell.webp)

![The reveal: the right answer, the votes per answer, and the tiles that dropped](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-reveal.webp)

![The final showdown: the last two face off — first to two round wins](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-showdown.webp)

![The finalist’s phone in the showdown](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-phone-showdown.webp)
![You’re the last one standing!](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-phone-winner.webp)

![The winner on the last tile, with a crown and confetti](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-winner.webp)

![The podium, how many fell on each question, and the toughest question](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/last-one-standing-recap.webp)

> **Tip** — Put the easier questions first and the hardest at the end: lots of players stay in for the first few rounds, and the floor empties fast just before the showdown. Use 2 lives for classes and mixed groups so nobody is out after a single slip.

## Ways to use Last One Standing

- **Classroom review:** the end-of-unit quiz becomes a survival game — and the class sees which question knocked most people out.
- **Training recap:** 10 questions on the key points of a session; the toughest question shows what to go over again.
- **Company events and all-hands:** a trivia knockout with a real final and a podium.
- **Conferences:** hundreds of players on one floor — the camera zooms in as it empties.

## Frequently asked questions

### What happens if nobody gets a question right?

Nobody falls. If everyone still standing answers wrong (or doesn’t answer), the whole floor survives that question.

### Does not answering count as wrong?

Yes. When the time runs out, players who didn’t answer lose their tile (or a life, with 2 lives).

### How is the final showdown decided?

Each round, a right answer beats a wrong one; if both are right, the faster answer wins the round; if both are wrong, nobody scores. The first to win 2 rounds wins. If the questions run out, the player with more round wins (then the faster total time) wins.

### What if the questions run out with several players standing?

They all win and share first place. Add more questions to make a single winner likely.

### How are places worked out?

Players who fall on the same question share a place: if 5 drop when 7 are standing, the 2 left are still playing and all 5 are 3rd. The loser of the final showdown is 2nd.

### Can players join late?

Yes, but they watch the current game and get a tile when you press **Play again**.

### Can I try it on my own, or with just two players?

Yes. With one player the game runs through every question (and a wrong answer doesn’t drop you, because nobody got it right), so you can rehearse alone. With two players there is no showdown: you play normal questions until one of you falls.

### What if I close or refresh the presenting window?

Everyone who joined shows up again straight away. If the slide is still open in another window (the editor or a second presenting window), the game continues from the same question and everyone who fell stays out. If it was the only window, the game goes back to the start screen.