QUIZ

Quiz

A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.

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quiz

Noun

  1. Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
  2. One who or that which quizzes.
  3. An odd or absurd person or thing.
  4. A competition in the answering of questions.
    We came second in the pub quiz.
  5. A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
  6. A shorter version of a test. Usually given in a classroom setting.

Verb

  1. To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
  2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
  3. To question closely, to interrogate.
  4. To instruct by means of a quiz.


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