Daily Quiz - AI & Coding

A web-based quiz application to stay sharp on AI, Machine Learning, and coding topics. Features daily quizzes generated from scraped AI news and a comprehensive topic-based question bank.

Features

• Daily Quiz: Questions generated from latest AI news scraped from Reddit, Hacker News, ArXiv, and YouTube
• Topic Quiz: Choose from 12+ topics (Python, ML, DL, LLM, CNN, RNN, Transformer, YOLO, AWS, Infra, etc.)
• 20-second Timer: Each question has a countdown timer with color transitions (green → yellow → red)
• Difficulty Levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
• History & Review: Track all past quiz attempts with detailed answer reviews and source links
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Press 1-4 or A-D to select answers, Enter to confirm
• Local LLM: Uses Ollama + Qwen2.5:3b for question generation (no cloud API needed)

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React + Vite + TypeScript + Tailwind CSS + Zustand
• Backend: FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + SQLite
• Scraping: Playwright (headless Chromium)
• LLM: Ollama + Qwen2.5:3b

Setup

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• Node.js 18+
• Ollama (optional, for daily quiz generation)

Backend

cd backend
python -m venv ../.venv
source ../.venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
playwright install chromium
python seed/seed_db.py  # Seed 120 questions
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8000

Frontend

cd frontend
npm install
npm run dev

Ollama (for daily quiz)

# Install Ollama from https://ollama.com
ollama pull qwen2.5:3b

Open http://localhost:5173 and start quizzing!

Usage

1. Topic Quiz: Select a topic and difficulty → answer questions within 20 seconds → review results
2. Daily Quiz: Auto-generated from latest AI news → run scraper first via the UI
3. History: Review all past attempts with explanations and source links