Quiz

Definition: Quiz

Quiz

Noun

1. An examination consisting of a few short questions.

Verb

1. Examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "quiz" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Note: Quiz \Quiz\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Quizzed; Quizzing.]. (references)

Fine Arts

Literature

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Quiz

Laughingstock

Original, oddity; queer fish, odd fish; quiz, square toes; old monkey, old fogey, fogey monkey, fogy monkey; buffoon; (jester); pantomimist; (actor).

Ridicule

Verb: ridicule, deride, mock, taunt; laugh in one's sleeve; tease, badinage, banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze; tehee; fleer; show up.

Noun: ridicule, derision; sardonic smile, sardonic grin; irrision; scoffing; (disrespect); mockery, quiz, banter, irony, persiflage, raillery, chaff, badinage; quizzing; Verb: asteism.

Crosswords: Quiz

French (quiz, quizprogramme), German (quiz, quiz show), Italian (quiz).

All right, pop quiz. Airport (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

I mean, yesterday's my life like, uh oh, pop quiz. Today, it's rain of toads (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

You know Jack, you need to take a cosmo quiz or something (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein)

I made a 74 on a trig quiz. (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent)

Cheating on a quiz show (Quiz Show; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

Pop quiz (Stranger In My House; performing artist: Tamia)

Whiz Quiz Kid (1964)

Quiz Whizz (1958)

Detective Quiz (1952)

Crossword Quiz (1952)

The Quiz Kids (1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Quiz Book 2: More Secrets Revealed! (reference)

• What's That From?: The Ultimate Quiz Book of Contemporary Movie Lines (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Cme Quiz Cards (reference)

• Weekly News Quiz Game - Mailed Weekly (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Quiz Show (reference)

• Quiz Show/Phenomenon (reference)

• Great American State Quiz (reference)

• Great Quiz Show Scandal (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Quiz Show (1994 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Rocky & Bullwinkle's Know-It-All Quiz Game (reference)

• Brainstorm Quiz (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Hospitals" / Quiz [pseud.] Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Lith. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Woman called in federal spy quiz. Credit: Library of Congress.

Quiz show "21" host Jack Barry turns toward contestant Charles Van Doren as fellow contestant Vivienne Nearine looks on] / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Orlando Fernandez..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

Test Your Sleep I.Q.--This quiz tests your knowledge about sleep and sleep-related disorders. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "quiz": pop quiz ♦ quiz game ♦ quiz master ♦ quiz program ♦ quiz programme ♦ quiz show. Additional references.

Beginning with "quiz": quiz-master, quiz-setter.

Ending with "quiz": cash-quiz, dial-a-quiz, mini-quiz.

Albanian

tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), tallem (flout, fool about, fool around, hoax, jape, jeer, joke, laugh at, make fun of, make smb. laugh, make sport of, mock, scoff), shakaxhi (funnyman, funster, jester, joker, mountebank, wag, waggish), shaka (badinage, crack, facetiae, gag, hoax, jape, jest, jocosity, jocularity, joke, lark, persiflage, play, pleasantry, prank, spoof, trick, waggery), pyetje-rrufe, pyes (ask, care, demand, enquire, inquire, interrogate, query, question), provim i shpejt, mistifikim (mystification), lojë me pyetje-përgjigje, bëj shaka (badinage, gag, jape, jest, joke, kid, make a game of, make smb. laugh, rally, rot, trifle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فحص (assay, calibrate, check, check up, checking, control, examination, examine, exploration, explore, inquire about, inquire into, inspect, inspection, investigate, investigation, look into, overhaul, probe, scrutinize, search, search for, search into, searching, see, sound, survey, test, vet, view), ‏مسابقة تلفزيونية, ‏مسابقة إذاعية, ‏مسابقة (bout, competition, concurrence, contest, play, quiz programme, race, tournament, tourney), ‏مجموعة من الأسئلة, ‏لغز (clue, conundrum, enigma, mystery, mystify, mystique, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle, secret), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, rally, rib, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏سأل بسرعة, ‏سأل (ask, beg, call, call on, enquire, inquire, question, request, shout, speak), ‏إمتحان موجز, ‏إستطلاع (question, questionnaire, recognition, reconnaissance, reconnoitring, scout, scouting), ‏إختبار (exam, experience, experiment, ordeal, proof, test, trial), ‏شخص غريب الأطوار (codger, crack, curious, eccentric, erratic). (various references)

Bemba

amepusho. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нещо чудато (quip), подигравам се (gird, jape, jeer, jest, scoff, sneer), поглеждам насмешливо, поглеждам въпросително, поглеждам критично, присмехулник (mocking-bird, scoffer), задавам въпроси, мистификация (juggle, jugglery, mystification), изпитвам (assay, condition, essay, examine, experience, feel, proof, prove, question, sample, see, test, try, undergo), насмешка (laugh, mock, mockery, scorn), чудак (case, codger, crank, cure, eccentric, faddist, odd-ball, oddity, original, weirdie, weirdy), викторина (panel game), кратък изпит, шега (chaff, fun, game, hoax, jape, jest, jig, joke, lark, pleasantry, prank, raillery, rib, sport, tease, trick, waggery), шегаджия (banter, chaffer, funnyman, humorist, humourist, jester, joker, jollier), тест (test), фарс (burlesque, extravaganza, farce, interlude, mockery), чешит (codger, screwball), насмешлив поглед. (various references)

Chinese 

提問 (put questions to), 测验. (various references)

Czech

soutěž (competition), kviz (quiz program), kvíz. (various references)

Faeroese

spurnakapping. (various references)

Farsi 

پرسش وازمون , مسخره کردن (Imp, Jape, Kid, Satirize), چیزعجیب (Miracle), امتحان (Assay, Examination, Experiment, Shibboleth, Temptation, Trial, Try), ازمایش کردن (Approve, Essay, Experiment, Gauge), شوخی (Bob, Curvet, Fun, Game, Gig, Humor, Jape, Jest, Jink, Jocosity, Joke, Lark, Pleasantry, Prank, Sport, Spree, Witticism). (various references)

Finnish

tietokilpailu. (various references)

French

quiz (quizprogramme), questionner (question), questionnaire (questionnaire), jeu-concours radiophonique, devinette, interrogation rapide, interroger rapidement, jeu (quiz game, quiz program, quiz show), jeu radiophonique (quiz game, quiz program, quiz show), émission-questionnaire (quiz game, quiz program, quiz show), jeu-concours, série de questions, jeu-concours télévisée, jeu-questionnaire (quiz game, quiz program, quiz show), presser de questions (ply smb. with questions), jeu télévisé (quiz game, quiz program, quiz show). (various references)

Frisian

kwis. (various references)

German

Quiz (quiz show), ausfragen (grill, interrogate, question, sound out). (various references)

Greek 

κουίζ, ερώτημα (query, question), ερωτώ (ask, inquire, interrogate, query, quest, question), εξέταση (exam, examination, inquiry, inquisition, observation, survey), εξετάζω (consider, examine, go over, inquire, investigate, look over, probe, pry, query, question, screen, scrutinise, think about), εμπαίζω (deride, laugh at, make fun, mock, rally, scoff, sneer), αίνιγμα (brain teaser, conundrum, enigma, mystery, puzzle, riddle, tickler). (various references)

Hebrew 

לערוך חי�"ון, לבחון י�"ע, חי�"ון, בחן (examination, test, trial). (various references)

Hungarian

szóbeli vizsga (oral examination, oral test), vetélkedő (concurrent powers, emulator), teszt (test), játék (acting, backlash, clearance, game, performance, play, slack, sport, toy), furcsa figura. (various references)

Indonesian

ulangan (encore, repeat), mempermainkan (hocus, make a fool of someone). (various references)

Inuktitut

kiujarialiit. (various references)

Italian

quiz. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

考査 (consideration, examination, test), 力試し　 (trial of strength), 力試し (trial of strength), クーロン力 (car horn, Chrysler, Clark, classic, classic car, classic life, classic races, classical, classicism, clerk, client, client server, climax, climber, climbing, climograph, cloud, collider, cook, cookie, cooking, cooking card, cooking school, Coulomb's force, coutouriere, couturier, crime story, crisis, criteria, crouching start, crown, cryoelectronics, cryogenics, cumin, cushion, cushion ball, Klaxon, Kuwait, large size, multi-purpose health facility, pitcher throwing to first base, quake, Quaker, quality, quality paper, quantity, quantize, quark, quarter, quarterback, quarterly, quartet, quartz, quasar, queen, queen size, Queen's English, Queensland, question, question mark, quick, quick motion, quick step, quick turn, quilter, quintet, quinto, quiz mania, quiz rally, quota, quotation mark, quote, Society of Friends, the Queen Mary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�"うさ (allowance, common difference, consideration, cross, crossing, examination, golden sands, intersection, margin, test, tolerance), クイズ , ちから� めし (trial of strength). (various references)

Korean 

퀴즈. (various references)

Macedonian

kvis. (various references)

Manx

keishtaghan (questionnaire), fer aitt (clown, comedian), cur feysht er (without question). (various references)

Norwegian

spørre (ask, asking, enquire, inquire). (various references)

Pig Latin

izquay.(various references)

Portuguese

ridicularizar (banter, belabor, belabour, bosh, burlesque, deride, guy, lambaste, lampoon, laugh, make an ass of, mock, ridicule, scout), problema (problem, proposition, question, trouble), pessoa excêntrica (codger, screw-ball), perguntar (ask, ask questions, demand, enquire, inquire, put, query, to ask), partida (departure, farewell, flit, game, going, lark, leave, leaving, match, parting, party, passing, prank, sailing, side, start, take-off), mistificação (cantrip, mystification, spoof), interrogatório (cross-examination, interrogatory, questioning), interrogar (ask, examine, hear, interrogate, question), fazer pouco de (bob, fleer, gibe, jeer, jibe, make little of, minimize, mock, tease), examinar (assay, canvass, catechize, check, check up on, cross, discuss, enquire, examine, explore, eye, go over, have out, inquire, inspect, look, look over, look through, overhaul, peruse, probe, question, run over, scan, test, traverse, turn out, verify, vet, view), exame oral (viva voce), enigma (conundrum, enigma, logogryph, mystery, poser, puzzle, riddle), embuste (bubble, cantrip, fake, fancy dress ball, hoax, hocus-pocus, hokey-pokey, humbug, juggle, mystification, snare, spoof, swindle, take-in, trick, trickery, wile), embaraçar (abash, astonish, astound, blur, clog, cumber, derange, detain, dim, disconcert, embarrass, embroil, encumber, entangle, puzzle, straiten, trammel). (various references)

Provencal

Q.M.C.. (various references)

Romanian

zeflemist (scoffer, wag), interogare (interrogation), examina (canvass, comb, consider, contemplate, debate, examine, explore, go over, inspect, investigate, look at, look over, observe, overhaul, overlook, peer, pry into, review, scout, scrutinize, search, study, talk over, verify, view, visit, weigh), examen oral (oral, viva voce), chestionare (interrogation), chestiona (ask, examine, interrogate, question), batjocurã (farce, gibe, insult, jeer, jesting, mock, mockery, ridicule, scorn, taunt), întrebãri de control, ţine examene. (various references)

Russian 

экзамен (exam, examination), смотреть с любопытством, насмешка (derision, dig, flout, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, scoff, scorn, taunt, twit), насмешник (giber, scoffer, smirker, sneerer), мистификация (cantrip, hoax, leg pull, mystification), проверять знания, проверка знаний, проверочные вопросы, предварительный экзамен, подшучивать (banter, chaff, hoax, joke, jolly, make game of, monkey, poke fun, rag, rally, razz), допрашивать викторина. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

piljiti (gloat, ogle, peer, stare), kviz (quiz program), ispitivati (inquire into, interrogate, probe, query, question), ispitivanje (assaying, debriefing, examination, inquiry, interrogation, investigation, probe, questioning, scanning, scrutiny), ismevati (diddle, laugh at, make fun of, mock, ridicule). (various references)

Spanish

acertijo (puzzle, riddle). (various references)

Swedish

gyckla (jest, joke), frågesport, förhöra (catechize, examine, interrogate, question, test), förhör (assize, catechism, examination, hearing, inquest, inquiry, interrogation, test). (various references)

Turkish

test (test, testing, trial), takılma (badinage, banter, being attached, hesitation, Josh, persiflage, put on, raillery, teasing), kısa sınav, ilginç tip (crackpot, gink, kook, original, specimen), bilgi yarışması (quiz program, quiz show), bilgi sınama, şaka (badinage, banter, chaff, drollery, fun, game, hell, humor, humour, jest, joke, lark, monkeyshiness, pleasantry, sport, waggery, waggishness, wheeze, wisecrack, witticism), alay (banter, cortege, derision, fleet, fun, gag, gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, joke, leg pull, mock, mockery, parade, persiflage, procession, regiment, regimental, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, taunt, teasing, troops in line, wipe), çok soru soran kimse (questioner). (various references)

Turkmen 

wiktorina (r), barlag iю. (various references)

Ukrainian

насміхатися (deride, fleer, gibe, jibe, sneer), насмішка (fleer, gird, jibe, mockery), насмішник (banterer, scoffer), дражнити (badger, badinage, bait, banter, chaff, needle, pick on, rag, start on, taunt, tease, vex), дивна річ (oddity), дивак (case, caution, codger, crotcheteer, eccentric, faddist, maggot, oddball, oddbod, oddity, original, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy), дивитися глузливо. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tranh vẽ, kỳ thi vấn đáp (viva voce). (various references)

Welsh

cwis. (various references)

qui es. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "quiz": quizmaster, quizmasters, quizzed, quizzer, quizzers, quizzes, quizzical, quizzicalities, quizzicality, quizzically, quizzing. (additional references)

Words containing "quiz": soliloquize, soliloquized, soliloquizer, soliloquizers, soliloquizes, soliloquizing, ventriloquize, ventriloquized, ventriloquizes, ventriloquizing. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Quiz" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fuiza, giz, gizz, guiz, qai, Qaim, Qawi, qfi, qfis, Qgi, Qia, qic, qik, qius, qiz, Qmi, qoi, qoiz, qpi, quaa, quag, quaia, quaix, quao, quatz, quav, quaw, quax, quaz, quaze, quazt, quazy, quazz, Qudis, que, queaz, queez, quef, quelz, ques, quetz, quez, queze, quia, quiaz, quic, quie, quif, quig, quih, quii, quij, quik, quim, quin, quinz, quio, quir, quis, quise, quisk, quisy, quitz, quiu, quiv, quiw, quix, quiy, Quizapu, quize, quizs, quizy, quizz, qulis, quoj, Quow, quox, quoz, quoze, quri, quria, qutz, quus, quy, quz, quzin, Qvi, Qwik, squiz, tuzi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+3 letters: bezique, cazique, mezquit, quizzed, quizzer, quizzes.

+4 letters: beziques, caziques, equalize, mezquite, mezquits, quantize, queazier, quizzers, quizzing.

+5 letters: equalized, equalizer, equalizes, liquidize, mezquites, quantized, quantizer, quantizes, quartzite, queaziest, quizzical, squeezing.