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A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. Quizzes are usually scored in points and many quizzes are designed to determine a winner from a group of participants - usually the participant with the highest score. ==Etymology== The first attested use of the word is from 1781〔Oxford English Dictionary, Third Edition〕 and means an odd person. This sense survives today in the word ''quizzical''. It was also used in the term ''quizzing glass'', a common accoutrement of British Regency dandies. It later acquired a meaning of to make fun of, or to mock. How it acquired its current meaning of a test is unknown, but that sense did not appear until 1867 and then it was in the United States. The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' attests the use of the verb ''quiz'' to mean "to question or interrogate", with a reference from 1843: "She com back an' ''quiesed'' us", which could be a clue to its origin. Quiz as a test could be a corruption of the Latin ''qui es'', meaning "Who are you?" The ''American Heritage Dictionary'' says it may be from the English dialect verb ''quiset'', meaning "to question". In any case it is probably from the same root as ''question'' and ''inquisitive''. There is a well-known myth about the word ''quiz'' that says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a word into the language within twenty-four hours. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins 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. However, there is no evidence to support the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World Wide Words: Quiz )〕 ==As competitions== Quizzes may be held on a variety of subjects (general knowledge, 'pot luck') or subject-specific. The format of the quiz can also vary widely. Popularly known competition quizzes include *Pub quizzes *Quiz bowl *in Australia: * *Music for the Mission *in Belgium: * *Belgian Style Quizzing *in Canada: * *Reach for the Top *in India: * *see Quizzing in India, for a discussion on the specific evolution of the quizzing culture in India *in Lithuania: * *Protmušis *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 *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 Quiz See also: *Quiz league *Quiz machine 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quiz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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