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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats