make specific slides advance back to first slide in powerpoint

I need some help in setting up the way my presentation runs. Here is what I am hoping to achieve;

I am building a game in the style of jeopardy. I am using slide one as the category grid with hyperlinks to the various question slides. The question stays on screen for 30 seconds at which time the time is up sound plays and the slide auto advances to the next slide showing the answer.

Right now I have to use an image button with a hyperlink to get back to slide 1 for the next player. What I am trying to do is set up an auto advance like from question to answer slide but I want every answer slide to return to slide 1 after 5 secs or so.

I have been searching for a way to do this and have had no luck. There have been many similar questions, but none of the answer will work for my situation.

I have made an illustration of the flow I'm looking for.

Thanks in advance for any help any of you can offer.

1 Answer

In PowerPoint 2016 for Office 365 Subscriber version, there is a new feature Zoom for PowerPoint introduced. I think it is helpful for your requirement. I have created a sample file for your reference, click Here to download it and check if it is what you want.

If it helps, try the following steps:

1. Create Sections for Questions (Question 1, Question 2 etc.): Right-click between the two slides where you want to add a section, and then click Add Section
2. In first primary slide, click Insert, in the Links group, click Zoom > Summary Zoom. Select the question slides, click Insert.
3. The slide will be displayed in primary slide, you can right-click the linked slide, select Change Image to change displayed picture for them.
4. Set the auto timing for question and answer slides: Go to Transitions tab, in the Timing group, set Advance Slide.

For Questions side, set After 30 seconds:

For Answers slide, set After 5 seconds:

5. Go to Slide Show, Start Slide Show From Beginning.