Quiz
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English
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Pronunciation
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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.
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Noun
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- A competition in the answering of questions.
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Translations
- Dutch: quiz
- French: quiz m
- German: Quiz n, Ratespiel n
- Italian: quiz m
- Spanish: prueba f, quiz m
- Vietnamese: thi
- Norwegian: quiz
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Verb
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- (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})
(archaic) To hoax.
- (transitive{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}})
To question closely, to interrogate.
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Translations
hoax
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interrogate
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