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  1. transitive verb To question closely or repeatedly; interrogate.
  2. transitive verb To test the knowledge of by posing questions. See Synonyms at ask.
  3. transitive verb Chiefly British To poke fun at; mock.
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  • The Radio 5 Live presenter Victoria Derbyshire was approached to appear on the celebrity version of the quiz, which is being shown over the festive period. —  British Blogs
  • Derbyshire revealed she had been asked to take part in the quiz, which is hosted by John Humphrys, 10 days before it was to be filmed. —  British Blogs
  • And Danny said that while the quiz is the framework for the film, the real story is of the spirit and magic of Mumbai, and other huge developing world cities like it, as well as the seedier and darker sides of that kind of world. —  The Daily Record - Home
  • As for the quiz, the entries have been tabulated, and we have a three contestants with perfect 12 -- quiz regulars —  Like Anna Karina's Sweater
  • In the graph below, I'm green, self-identified liberals who took the quiz are blue, and self-identified conservatives are red. —  Daddy Dialectic
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Orig. slang; perhaps a made word, based on question (with which it is vaguely associated), or (as a school term) on the L. quæso, I ask: see quese, quest. No reliance is to be placed on the various anecdotes which purport to give the origin of the word.
  2. from quiz, n.
  3. Perhaps a variant of whiz.
 

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