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# quiz

«quiz» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short test with questions** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (quiz, quizzes); verb (quiz, quizzes, quizzed, quizzing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A quiz is a short test with questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#m1)

2) A quiz is also a game where people or teams answer questions to win points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#m2)

3) To quiz someone is to ask them many questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: questions and points — right answers, points per question, scores; points = right answers × points each, sometimes minus points for wrong answers. In everyday life: a spelling quiz, a pub quiz or school quiz night, quiz shows on TV. Phrases: «a quiz on», «pop quiz» (a surprise test), «quiz night», «quiz show».

### examples

- The quiz has 20 questions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x1)
- Each right answer gets 5 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x2)
- She got 3 wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x3)
- What was her score? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x4)
- We had a quiz on times tables today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x5)
- Our team won the school quiz night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x6)
- Mum quizzed me about my day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x7)
- The teacher gave us a pop quiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x8)
- To think that you could not understand that you were being quizzed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/#x9)

### note

Plural «quizzes» (double z). Maths: points = right answers × points each; right answers = questions − wrong; a minus may come for wrong answers. Trap: «3 wrong» out of 20 means 17 right.

### In the corpora

- [A bot can be a good practice partner, for example quizzing times tables.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/9-the-essay-the-teacher-spotted/17/)
- [Some books and quizzes still repeat the cliff myth, because people copy facts without checking where they came from.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/150-myth-check-do-lemmings-jump-off-cliffs/16/)
- [Revision games and quizzes are real practice, and they make it less stressful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/13/)
- [Noah's dad plays a quiz game as if he knows everything.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/425-family-game-night/9/)
- [Leo in Boston blamed the WiFi, but the quiz website showed he had logged in at eight and played games for an hour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quiz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quiz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.