How to use the online alarm clock
While you wait for the pub quiz to begin, set the alarm for 7:36 pm and keep an eye on the clock without repeatedly checking it. The alert can mark the moment to put away your messages, gather your team and listen for the opening question. With 8:00 pm approaching, it also leaves a clear boundary between waiting and getting properly involved.
Keeping the quiz details open elsewhere may send the alarm page into the background, where browsers can limit activity or delay its sound. Leave this page running and turn the volume up enough to hear it over conversation in the pub. If the page is closed or your phone goes to sleep, the alarm may not sound, so it cannot be the sole safeguard for your pub quiz. A separate phone alarm is sensible when missing the start would matter.
Once the evening is under way, allow a little breathing room before whatever comes next that night. Check the journey home, the time of the last bus or any later arrangement before the quiz starts, then decide when you need to leave. That small reserve means a delayed final round or a tie-break question is less likely to push the rest of the evening off course.
Common questions
Can I use this on a phone?
It works in a mobile browser, but phones lock the screen and suspend background tabs far more readily than a laptop does, which can stop the alarm sounding. For anything important, a desktop or a plugged-in laptop is the steadier option.
Does the alarm still work if I close the tab?
No. Everything runs inside this page, so closing the tab — or quitting the browser altogether — ends the countdown there and then. Leaving it open in the background is all it asks, and switching to another tab makes no difference.
What happens if my laptop goes to sleep before 7:36 pm?
The tab sleeps along with it and the alarm will not sound on time, if at all. If you are relying on it, change the power settings so the machine stays awake, or keep a phone alarm running as well.
Do I need an account or an app?
Neither. Choose a time and a sound, press Start, and it runs in this browser tab. Nothing is downloaded, nothing is registered, and closing the page leaves nothing behind on the device.
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