quiz

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwɪz/, SAMPA: /kwIz/
• Rhymes: -ɪz

[edit] Etymology

The true etymology is unknown. The following have all been proposed:

• Reputed without evidence to have been invented by a late 18th century Dublin theatre proprietor who bet he could add a new nonsense word to the English language. He thus had the word painted on walls all over the city. The morning after, everyone was talking about the new word.
• The original meaning is interrogation (1867), being derived from the verb. Current meaning only since 1941.
• The meaning "hoax" is the original (1796), shifting to the meaning "interrogate" (1847) under the influence of to question and inquisitive.
• Originally quies (1847), may have derived from Latin qui es? (who are you?), traditionally the first question in oral Latin exams. Used as a noun from 1867, spelling quiz first recorded in 1886.

[edit] Noun

quiz (plural quizzes)

1. A competition in the answering of questions.
2. An school examination of less import, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

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[edit] Verb

to quiz (third-person singular simple present quizzes, present participle quizzing, simple past and past participle quizzed)

1. (transitive, archaic) To hoax.
2. (transitive) To question closely, to interrogate.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

quiz m. inv.

1. quiz

[edit] Derived terms

• telequiz