quiz

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quiz1

▶noun (pl. quizzes)

• 1 a test of knowledge, especially as a competition for entertainment.

• 2 informal, chiefly Brit. a period of questioning.

• 3 N. Amer. a short test or examination.

▶verb (quizzes, quizzing, quizzed)

• 1 question (someone).

• 2 N. Amer. test or examine (students).

– origin C19 (as v.; orig. US): possibly from quiz2, influenced by inquisitive.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quiz2 archaic

▶verb (quizzes, quizzing, quizzed)

• 1 look intently at (someone) through or as if through an eyeglass.

• 2 make fun of.

▶noun (pl. quizzes)

• 1 a hoax.

  ■ a person who ridicules or hoaxes another.

• 2 an odd or eccentric person.

– derivatives
quizzer noun.

– origin C18: origin uncertain; possibly a deliberately coined nonsense word.