Associations to the word «Quiz»

Wiktionary

QUIZ, noun. Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
QUIZ, noun. One who or that which quizzes.
QUIZ, noun. (dated) An odd or absurd person or thing.
QUIZ, noun. A competition in the answering of questions.
QUIZ, noun. A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
QUIZ, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
QUIZ, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
QUIZ, verb. (transitive) To question closely, to interrogate.
QUIZ, verb. (transitive) To instruct by means of a quiz.
QUIZ BOWL, noun. (US) A competitive game of answering trivia questions, often played by school and college students.
QUIZ KID, noun. (hyphenated when used attributively) A very intelligent or accomplished child or young person, especially one who demonstrated his or her knowledge and quick thinking on radio or television programs in the mid-20th century.
QUIZ KID, noun. Alternative form of quiz kid
QUIZ SHOW, noun. A game show in the form of a quiz

Dictionary definition

QUIZ, noun. An examination consisting of a few short questions.
QUIZ, verb. Examine someone's knowledge of something; "The teacher tests us every week"; "We got quizzed on French irregular verbs".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King