quiz
noun/kwɪz/
/kwɪz/
(plural quizzes)
- a competition or game in which people try to answer questions to test their knowledge
- a general knowledge quiz
- The quiz will be a team event organized by the local school.
- The magazine publishes a quiz once a month.
- The club has weekly quiz nights.
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsa1, Games and toysa1- a quiz about the week's news
- Scroll down to try our quiz—and check your answers at the bottom.
- I'm useless at general knowledge quizzes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- pub
- radio
- television
- …
- compile
- hold
- complete
- …
- programme/program
- show
- evening
- …
- quiz about
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- (especially North American English) an informal test given to students
- a reading comprehension quiz
- Students should never miss a quiz or exam without notifying their class counselor.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- geography
- math
- etc.
- …
- take
- retake
- flunk
- …
- question
- score
Word Originmid 19th cent. (as a verb; originally US): possibly from quiz ‘look curiously or intently at someone as if through an eyeglass’, influenced by inquisitive.
More About examsexams
See quiz in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary- Exam is the usual word for a written, spoken or practical test at school or college, especially an important one that you need to do in order to get a qualification. Examination is a very formal word. A test is something that students might be given in addition to, or sometimes instead of, regular exams, to see how much they have learned. A very short informal test is called a quiz in North American English. Quiz in both North American English and British English also means a contest in which people try to answer questions:
- a trivia quiz
- a quiz show.
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