Category:Quiz

Quiz, n. Etym: [it is said that daly, the manager of a dublin Playhouse, laid a wager that a new word of no meaning should be the Common talk and puzzle of the city in twenty-fours. In consequence of This the letters q u i z were chalked by him on all the walls of Dublin, with an effect that won the wager. Perhaps, however, Originally a variant of whiz, and formerly the name of a popular Game.]

1. A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

2. One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

3. An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.

4. An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or As an examination. [cant, u.s.]

Quiz Quiz, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing.]

1. To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness Of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room. Thackeray.

2. To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

3. To instruct in or by a quiz. See quiz, n., 4. [u.s.] Quizzing Glass, a small eyeglass.

Quiz Quiz, v. i.

Defn: to conduct a quiz. See quiz, n., 4. [u.s.]