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quiz

[kwiz] / kwɪz /
NOUN
questioning, often in an organized academic setting
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Take our quiz to find out how your view of these ideas compares with those of people in our latest survey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

They break down every episode, quiz dozens of guest stars and dig up backstage anecdotes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Revelations at the time showed that the firm had obtained data gathered through a personality quiz app called "thisisyourdigitallife," which was installed by about 270,000 users but also collected information on their friends.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Revisit some of the show’s best jingles and parodies, appreciate Alec Baldwin’s singular performance as Jack Donaghy, and test your memory with this quiz.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

She felt like she was being handed back a quiz that she’d definitely failed and was doing her best to turn over the paper as slowly as possible.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Some fraternities have gone further, creating short quizzes about the pledge, said Lee Rosenthal, a 2025 graduate and former frat president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

But AI wasn’t allowed for quizzes or exams testing memorized subjects, said the 22-year-old, who majored in business computer information systems.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026

"We do events, monthly quizzes, and I want to hire venues so people can come in costume."

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Buzzfeed, once an internet sensation known for its listicles, news and quizzes, has fallen on hard times.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

He always got 100 percent on the quizzes Atsbani made them take at the beginning of class every day.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

Flynn later appeared to be blindsided when committee members quizzed him about the story.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

When quizzed as to whether the whole narrative surrounding the IPO momentum could be lost if cheaper Chinese competition starts to eat into the market share, Ahn is realistic: “That’s a possibility, yes.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

I quizzed them on whether their fortunes, which ranged from tens of millions of dollars to billions, were driven by luck or skill.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Grohl was quizzed by the pupils about his favourite toothpaste, to which he answered "whitening", before the star told anecdotes including of the time he broke his leg falling off stage in 2015.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

We walked in silence for a long time until Ayanna slowed, and I realized we were back at the indoor Thicket glade where John Henry and the others had quizzed me earlier.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The current manager, Pat Murphy, had some of Kuenn’s folksy eccentricity, quizzing his young children at press conferences and once touting the midgame deliciousness of a pancake stuffed into his uniform’s back pocket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

They pressed him for details about what happened in South Carolina, quizzing him on his dinner with Graham and a second in-person meeting he said he had with Clyburn.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The contestant, who does quizzing as a hobby, is planning on buying a new house with his prize money and also hopes to travel, including trips to New Zealand and South America.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

He has been regularly in touch with aides and allies, quizzing them on who they think he should select as his next Fed chair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

And so, again and again, I laid out my professional dilemma for the people I met, quizzing them on what they did and whom they knew.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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