Quiz
A quiz is a form of game or puzzle in which the players (as individuals or in teams), attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes may be on a variety of subjects (general knowledge, 'pot luck') or subject-specific. The format of the quiz can also vary widely.
- Pub quizzes
- Quizbowl
- Canada
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Buzzerquiz
- University Challenge (televised)
- Quiz board games
- Quiz leagues
- Quiz machines
- TV quizzes (Game shows TV/Radio)
- Quizzing in India
Some quizzes are multiple choice. A popular strategy on these quizzes is to cross out all the obviously wrong choices, and pick the best of the remaining options.
In education, a quiz usually has fewer questions of lesser difficulty and requires less time for completion than a test or exam.
Additionally, a 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 online, where the result page typically includes code which can be added to a blog entry to publicize the result. These postings are common on LiveJournal.
There are also many online quizzes, many webmasters have quiz sections on their websites and forums, phpBB2 has one MOD (Modification) which allows users to submit quizzes, this is the Ultimate Quiz MOD.