A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several specific topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby. They can also be televised for entertainment purposes, often in a game show format.
The earliest known examples of the word date back to 1780; its etymology is unknown, but it may have originated in student slang. It initially meant an "odd, eccentric person"[a] or a "joke, hoax". Later (perhaps by association with words such as "inquisitive"), it came to mean "to observe, study intently", and thence (from about the mid-19th century) "test, exam."[2][3]
There is a well-known myth about the word quiz that says that in 1791, a Dublin theatre owner named Richard Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within 24 hours. He then went out and hired a group of street children to write the word "quiz", which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test), and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket.[4] However, there is no evidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.
As competitionsedit
Final from Norwegian Quiz Championship, 2009A quiz show in Japan, 1954People listening to a Hungarian radio quiz, 1962
Quizzes may be held on a variety of subjects (general knowledge or 'pot luck' (which could be anything)) or subject-specific. The format of the quiz can also vary. Popularly known competition quizzes include
The largest quiz, according to Guinness, was the "Quiz for Life", held at the Flanders Expo Halls in Ghent, Belgium, on 11 December 2010 with 2,280 participants. The winning team Café De Kastaar from Leuven consisted of Marnix Baes, Erik Derycke, Eric Hemelaers, Bart Permentier and Tom Trogh.
In educationedit
In an educational context, a quiz is usually a form of a student assessment, but often has fewer questions of less difficulty and requires less time for completion than a test.[5] This use is typically found in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Dominican Republic and some colleges in India. For instance, in a mathematics classroom, a quiz may check comprehension of a type of mathematical exercise. Some instructors schedule a daily or weekly quiz ranging from five to thirty relatively easy questions for the purpose of having the students review their previous lessons before attending the next class. A "pop quiz" is a quiz that students are given no time to prepare for; they are simply surprised with it in class.[citation needed]
Other quizzesedit
Additionally, a personality quiz may be a series of multiple-choice questions about the respondent without right or wrong answers. The responses to these questions are tallied according to a key, and the result purports to reveal some quality of the respondent. This kind of "quiz" was originally popularized by women's magazines such as Cosmopolitan. They have since become common on the Internet, where the result page typically includes code which can be added to a blog entry to publicize the result. These postings are common on many sites like LiveJournal.
The results of online quizzes are generally to be taken lightly, as they do not often reflect the true personality or relationship. They are also rarely psychometricallyvalid. However, they may occasion reflection on the subject of the quiz and provide a springboard for a person to explore his or her emotions, beliefs, actions or to put some already acquired knowledge to the test.
^"World Wide Words: Quiz". World Wide Words. from the original on 6 April 2001.
^"Quiz: How much do you know about China and Turkey?". cnn.com. from the original on 4 October 2010.
External linksedit
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For other uses see Quiz disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Quiz news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this template message A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several specific topics Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge abilities and skills or simply as a hobby They can also be televised for entertainment purposes often in a game show format A printed quiz on health issues Contents 1 Etymology 2 As competitions 3 World record 4 In education 5 Other quizzes 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External linksEtymology editThe earliest known examples of the word date back to 1780 its etymology is unknown but it may have originated in student slang It initially meant an odd eccentric person a or a joke hoax Later perhaps by association with words such as inquisitive it came to mean to observe study intently and thence from about the mid 19th century test exam 2 3 There is a well known myth about the word quiz that says that in 1791 a Dublin theatre owner named Richard Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within 24 hours He then went out and hired a group of street children to write the word quiz which was a nonsense word on walls around the city of Dublin Within a day the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning since no one knew what it meant everyone thought it was some sort of test and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket 4 However there is no evidence to support the story and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791 As competitions edit nbsp Final from Norwegian Quiz Championship 2009 nbsp A quiz show in Japan 1954 nbsp People listening to a Hungarian radio quiz 1962Quizzes may be held on a variety of subjects general knowledge or pot luck which could be anything or subject specific The format of the quiz can also vary Popularly known competition quizzes include Pub quizzes Quiz bowl in Canada Reach for the Top in Lithuania Protmusis in the United Kingdom British Quizzing Championships annual national tournament in Great Britain Schools Challenge University Challenge televised in the United States Academic Competition Federation College Bowl National Academic Quiz Tournaments Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence Individual quiz tournaments in multiple countries European Quizzing Championships World Quizzing Championships in the United Kingdom Mastermind televised Bait Bazi poetic quiz in Pakistan Board games Bezzerwizzer Trivial Pursuit TV quizzes also called quiz shows game shows TV radio Bait Bazi poetic quiz Bamboozle a teletext quiz on UK TV BBC s MasterMind Jeopardy Quiz Call phone in television show The Weakest Link Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Online quiz Blog QuizSee also Quiz league Quiz machineWorld record editThe largest quiz according to Guinness was the Quiz for Life held at the Flanders Expo Halls in Ghent Belgium on 11 December 2010 with 2 280 participants The winning team Cafe De Kastaar from Leuven consisted of Marnix Baes Erik Derycke Eric Hemelaers Bart Permentier and Tom Trogh In education editIn an educational context a quiz is usually a form of a student assessment but often has fewer questions of less difficulty and requires less time for completion than a test 5 This use is typically found in the United States Canada the Philippines Dominican Republic and some colleges in India For instance in a mathematics classroom a quiz may check comprehension of a type of mathematical exercise Some instructors schedule a daily or weekly quiz ranging from five to thirty relatively easy questions for the purpose of having the students review their previous lessons before attending the next class A pop quiz is a quiz that students are given no time to prepare for they are simply surprised with it in class citation needed Other quizzes editAdditionally a personality quiz may be a series of multiple choice questions about the respondent without right or wrong answers The responses to these questions are tallied according to a key and the result purports to reveal some quality of the respondent This kind of quiz was originally popularized by women s magazines such as Cosmopolitan They have since become common on the Internet where the result page typically includes code which can be added to a blog entry to publicize the result These postings are common on many sites like LiveJournal The results of online quizzes are generally to be taken lightly as they do not often reflect the true personality or relationship They are also rarely psychometrically valid However they may occasion reflection on the subject of the quiz and provide a springboard for a person to explore his or her emotions 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