triviaAPI.py

import requests
import random
import html

# Education-focused categories (General Knowldege, Science, History, etc.)
EDUCATION_CATEGORY_ID = 9 # General Knowledge category (most educational)
API_URL = f"https://opentdb.com/api.php?amount=10&category={EDUCATION_CATEGORY_ID}&type=multiple"

def get_education_questions():
    response = requests.get(API_URL)
    if response.status_code == 200:
        data= response.json()
        if data['response_code'] == 0 and data['results']:
            return data['results']
    return None   

def run_quiz():
    questions = get_education_questions()
    if not questions: 
        print("Failed to fetch educational questions.")
        print("Failed to retrieve questions.") 
        return
    
    score = 0
    print("Welcome to the Educational Quiz!\n")

    for i, q in enumerate(questions, 1):
        # Decode HTML entities and prepare options
        question = html.unescape(q['question'])
        correct = html.unescape(q['correct_answer'])
        incorrect = [html.unescape(a) for a in q['incorrect_answers']]

        # Create and shuffle options
        options = incorrect + [correct]
        random.shuffle(options)

        # Display questions
        print(f"Question {i}: {question}")
        for idx, option in enumerate(options, 1):
            print(f" {idx}.{option}")

        # Get and validate answer
        while True:
            try:
                choice = int(input("\nYour Answer (1-4):")) 
                if 1 <= choice <= 4: 
                    break
            except ValueError:
                pass
            print("Invalid input! Please enter a number between 1 and 4.")

        # Check answer
        if options[choice-1] == correct:
            print("✓ Correct!\n")
            score +=1
        else:
            print(f"✗ Wrong! The correct answer was: {correct}\n")
        
        print(f"Final Score: {score}/{len(questions)}")
        print(f'Percentage: {score/len(questions)*100:.1f}%')

if __name__ == "__main__":
            run_quiz()