I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a quiz show (= in which people try to answer questions correctly )
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It’s the BBC’s most popular quiz show.
pop quiz
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
night
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Host a quiz night for your fellow students.
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There were numerous raffles, a quarterly cash draw, and various social events including quiz nights and darts and dominoes evenings.
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A quiz night follows on Friday at same time.
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A quiz night to be staged at the Mitchell's Club, Tunstall.
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Thursday is charity quiz night at this venue.
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These were just some of the questions poised by quiz master Nigel Harvey at a recent Rentokil quiz night .
show
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The evening was conducted according to the inane form of a quiz show .
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Of course, it may not be a quiz show at all.
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Probably won as fifth prize in a quiz show .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a quiz show on TV
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He likes giving pop quizzes, to see if the kids are remembering anything.
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We have a history quiz every Monday.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Contestants enter by completing an online form and short quiz .
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Contestants line up for the quiz .
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He gave us a quiz on the reading every other day.
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Reluctantly, I let her lead me to a lodging database, then to a rather entertaining multiple-choice quiz .
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The museum car also features computer games and quizzes to test visitors' knowledge of train lore and station architecture.
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This month's quiz - who knows what Ramalina is?
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Winners of the quiz will receive a trophy and prizes, including one for their school.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Journalists quizzed the governor during the half-hour program.
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My parents never stop quizzing me about where I go at night.
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Reporters quizzed the President on tax policy and Central America.
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Students are quizzed on their reading.
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When Stan eventually came home from the party, his wife quizzed him for hours.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Alyse would come in and quiz him playfully about the stops; she never stumped him.
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I have to quiz him about everything and even then he won't tell the whole truth.
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Is it helpful to quiz them on the state capitals?
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Of 1,250 people quizzed, three quarters had not even heard of it.
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One teacher even had the pupils quizzing each other to satisfy their surplus enthusiasm.
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The judge will quiz jurors individually about their views on abortion and the insanity defense beginning Tuesday.
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Then we quizzed the people behind each engine to see how they work.