> Markdown version of [/videos/761-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top?t=1419](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/761-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top?t=1419). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top! A live trivia app pushed the limits of ChatGPT and Vonage APIs. See how developers wired up webhooks, automated calls, and dynamic prompts while tackling real-time AI hallucinations. - **Speakers:** James Seconde - **Event:** World Congress 2023 - **Published:** October 6, 2023 - **Duration:** 43:08 - **URL:** https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/761-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top ## Summary A live, gamified trivia experience called "Quiz Your Way to the Top!" demonstrates the practical application of cloud communication and generative AI tools. Hosted at a developer conference, the interactive quiz show runs on a custom Node.js application that integrates Vonage APIs for voice and SMS communication alongside OpenAI's ChatGPT for real-time question generation. Participants register via Airtable and are called to the stage using automated programmatic voice calls, illustrating how to seamlessly bridge online event infrastructure with real-world audience engagement. Players navigate progressively difficult programming and computing history questions, utilizing interactive lifelines such as texting the audience for votes or calling another developer for help. These mechanics rely on real-time webhooks tunneled through ngrok to instantly process SMS polling and trigger immediate frontend updates. Because the trivia questions are generated dynamically via ChatGPT, the event also inadvertently highlights the real-world challenges of unpredictable LLM outputs—such as hallucinated or nonsensical questions—proving the necessity of human-in-the-loop fallback mechanisms when integrating AI into live products. By uniting cloud communications orchestration with generative text models, the event provides a creative blueprint for developer advocacy and interactive software design. The playful format effectively gamifies standard SDK demonstrations, proving that intuitively wiring together disparate enterprise APIs, real-time webhook listeners, and dynamic LLM prompts can yield highly engaging frontend applications. **Keywords:** vonage APIs, chatgpt API integration, real-time SMS polling, ngrok webhook tunneling, developer advocacy gamification, programmatic voice calls, handling LLM hallucinations, interactive event engagement, cloud communication tools, dynamic API content generation, node.js webhook handling, airtable event registration, software history trivia, online-to-offline apps ## Chapters 1. **Building a live trivia game application with APIs** (00:03) — Integration of SMS webhooks and AI models powers a seamless backend for an interactive event application. 1. **Trivia game round covering basic APIs and computing pioneers** (03:03) — Core coding concepts and hardware leaders form the basis for evaluating foundational computing knowledge. 1. **Trivia game round navigating web protocols and programming languages** (09:46) — Web development fundamentals dictate the progression through data notation formats, REST methods, and software origins. 1. **Trivia game round exploring software architecture and networking protocols** (23:39) — Advanced scenarios evaluate practical knowledge on software design patterns, object-oriented paradigms, and relational database constraints. ## Related Moments - [Introduction to the Vonage trivia quiz architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1077-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top) (from "The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top!") - [Upcoming live event plans and developing a dedicated quiz application](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1912-fifa-hack-midjourney-does-ultrasounds-and-trampoline-traffic-lights-nicole-jeschko-and-werner-jeschko) (from "FIFA Hack, Midjourney Does Ultrasounds, and Trampoline Traffic Lights - Nicole Jeschko and Werner Jeschko") - [Demonstrating a real-time generative AI quiz application](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1156-lessons-learned-building-a-genai-powered-app) (from "Lessons Learned Building a GenAI Powered App") - [Interactive quiz covering agile and static analysis](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1077-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top) (from "The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top!") - [Testing technology knowledge with a tech news trivia game](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2138-wearedevelopers-live-node-and-package-security) (from "WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Node and Package Security") - [Final quiz round on APIs and software architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1077-the-vonage-trivia-voyage-quiz-your-way-to-the-top) (from "The Vonage Trivia Voyage: Quiz Your Way to the Top!") ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 118 - not a total recall](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/452-dev-digest-118-not-a-total-recall) - [Dev Digest 123 - Easy as A, B, C1](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/459-dev-digest-123-easy-as-a-b-c1) - [Dev Digest 132 - Binging WADFlix?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/473-dev-digest-132-binging-wadflix) ## Related Jobs - [Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1952055-artificial-intelligence-ai) at **Twilio** - [Senior Software Engineer (L3)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1956800-senior-software-engineer-l3) at **Twilio** - [Software Engineer L3](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1840587-software-engineer-l3) at **Twilio** - [Software Engineer, Platform Engineering (L2)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1956829-software-engineer-platform-engineering-l2) at **Twilio** - [Principal Field Architect - AI Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/1442858-principal-field-architect-ai-agents) at **Twilio** - [Software Engineer (L2) Segment Team](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/238794-software-engineer-l2-segment-team) at **Twilio**