(n.) A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.
(n.) One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.
(n.) An odd or absurd fellow.
(n.) An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.
(v. t.) To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
(v. t.) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
(v. t.) To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
(v. i.) To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.
Example Sentences:
(1) When Jones was a governor, regular board meetings were held in which they could quiz management about editorial decisions ,as former chairman such as the now deceased Marmaduke Hussey regularly did.
(2) The quiz mode has multiple-choice questions and answers, accompanied by images.
(3) For a "free form" class project in senior year I did a quiz show-style performance piece based on her life ("Ted Hughes cheated on Sylvia Plath: True or False?")
(4) He says his job is to ‘base search on really understanding what the language means’.The most successful example of natural-language processing to date is IBM’s computer Watson, which in 2011 went on the US quiz show Jeopardy and won (shown above).
(5) USvTh3m, which aims to quickly develop humorous interactive quizzes and games based current news and events, developed the 13-question quiz following the Daily Mail's attack on Labour leader Ed Miliband's late father .
(6) By using Palmore's Facts on Ageing Quiz, it was determined that client selection did in fact make a difference vis-à-vis learning outcomes about ageing and the aged.
(7) Data were gathered using a Social Distance Scale, Goals of Life Index, Facts on Aging Quiz, and Aging Semantic Differentials.
(8) It remains to be seen what Ross, 49, will do next, although he has said he will continue to host the Bafta film awards, which he presented on BBC1 last month, as well as BBC1's Comic Relief and his regular end of year appearances on Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year, which is produced by his production company, HotSauce, which also makes his BBC1 show.
(9) A seven-word terminology quiz made up of words from the CUE form was also enclosed.
(10) , a US quiz show that has broadcast there for decades, will televise a contest between two of its past champions and a super-intelligent computer.
(11) Toksvig is standing down as the host of BBC Radio 4’s comedy show The News Quiz to set up the Women’s Equality party , which plans to field candidates in the 2020 general election.
(12) The education committee held hearings to quiz Spielman , and its report concludes that she “did not demonstrate sufficient vision or show the leadership abilities we feel will be needed.
(13) It followed a celebrity edition of the Channel 4 quiz 15 to One, hosted by Adam Hills, which had 1.6 million viewers (7.9%) between 8pm and 9pm.
(14) ITV's live football coverage on Wednesday afternoon will run from 3.30pm to 6.10pm, dropping, among other shows, the Bradley Walsh quiz The Chase.
(15) However, one of the answers was "sailcloth", which viewers were unable to identify because it ends with H rather than T. The Quiz call presenter apologised to viewers and Five later described it as "an innocent yet stupid mistake".
(16) UsvsTh3m , the Daily Mirror publisher's Buzzfeed-style social content offering, is expected to reach 3 million unique users in October, thanks largely to interactive quiz "How much are you hated by the Daily Mail?"
(17) It has a chess club, cake sales, regular pub quiz nights and an internal puzzle newsletter called Kryptos.
(18) It was a quiz question: should Russia have surrendered and saved countless lives?
(19) The Palestinian comedy team Watan a Watar have enjoyed huge success with their take on an Isis propaganda video featuring a roadblock and a quiz: incorrect answers mean instant execution but these jolly, bumbling jihadis win points to get them to Paradise.
(20) Identifying Donald Trump's foreign policy – a quiz with no right answers | Lawrence Douglas Read more No student of history, Trump may or may not have been aware that his attack on Syria coincided with the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into the first world war .
Quizzical
Definition:
(a.) Relating to quizzing: given to quizzing; of the nature of a quiz; farcical; sportive.
Example Sentences:
(1) Judges, reviewing cases for release, have looked quizzical when the patients' active participation in a "law course" has been used as evidence of satisfactory progress.
(2) Although Tennant is best-known in the wider world for his quicksilver portrayal of the tenth Timelord in Doctor Who – and more recently, a quizzical detective in ITV's doomy thriller Broadchurch – his theatrical pedigree is impressive.
(3) Tom was unsuited to the home-improvement periodicals for which he wrote in the late 70s, but in 1980 his droll and quizzical reviews began to appear in New Music News, an underground rock weekly launched by Felix Dennis to fill the vacuum left by the strike-bound NME and Melody Maker.
(4) When I come into class with mud-caked hands I get some quizzical looks but things become clearer as we are learning to read and write instructions.
(5) To discern and anatomise the meaning of Englishness, you need outsiders, with their quizzical perspectives.
(6) Boris Johnson: how he has flip-flopped over Russia and Syria Read more “Instead we had the Boris circus-show: lots of table thumping beforehand about how he was going to deliver sanctions (‘Boris is no poodle,’ his spin doctors briefed, a little hysterically), followed by that familiar quizzical expression at the post-summit photocall when he had delivered precisely nothing.
(7) When the minister for the natural environment and fisheries, Richard Benyon , last week posted a picture on Facebook of himself bravely pulling up a ragwort plant while being watched by a quizzical cow, he probably thought the image of a true countryman being tough on weeds would go down well with the voters.
(8) Emerson, like other respectable citizens of Concord, was sceptical of enterprise so personal and quizzical, confiding to his journal that "Thoreau wants a little ambition in his mixture ...
(9) Referencing was operationalized as looks directed toward the mother following a look to the rabbit, accompanied by quizzical facial or vocal expressions.
(10) She nods, raises a quizzical eyebrow and stomps off.
(11) Emma Payne, headteacher at St Mary Redcliffe primary in Bristol , is gazing quizzically at a wooden shed that stands just behind her school kitchen.
(12) He shrugs, and on his face is the sort of slightly quizzical expression that Uncle Bryn might use when confronted with the limitless mysteries of the universe.
(13) Outside her native Australia, Gina Rinehart's name is likely to be met with quizzical looks – but all that could be about to change, because the 57-year-old from Western Australia is on track to become the world's richest woman.
(14) repeated a quizzical Finn and a couple from Texas, rolling the name around their mouths like that of a particularly obscure Qin dynasty philosopher.
(15) More quizzically, there are a couple of cushions on a sofa bearing images of fluffy "Westies" – West Highland terriers like her first dog Buddy.
(16) His quizzical style made him a good interrogator; if a subject said something stupid he would simply repeat it deadpan, perhaps raising an eyebrow.
(17) A porcelain model of a laughing pig is staked quizzically on a poll by the drive.
(18) The trailer for the film – featuring only quizzical grunts and alarmed cries from Paddington rather than Firth's drily plummy tones – was recently released, and features the bear fresh from darkest Peru trying to understand bathrooms and the London Underground system.
(19) He was wonderfully quick-witted, funny, several steps ahead in exact and ironic understanding of any matter being talked about; but he was equally and happily prone to a dawdling, quizzical slowness.
(20) It is a theatrically cluttered space full of her varied knickknacks, including cushions embroidered with images of her beloved dogs , a DVD of a BBC docudrama on Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and, quizzically, a book titled The Married Kama Sutra.