This is from The American Heritage dictionary of the English Language
Word History: The origins of the word quiz are as difficult to pin down as the answers to some quizzes. We can say that its first recorded sense has to do with people, not tests. The term, first recorded in 1782, meant "an odd or eccentric person." From the noun in this sense came a verb meaning "to make sport or fun of" and "to regard mockingly." In English dialects and probably in American English the verb quiz acquired senses relating to interrogation and questioning. This presumably occurred because quiz was associated with question, inquisitive, or perhaps the English dialect verb quiset, "to question" (probably itself short for obsolete inquisite, "to investigate"). From this new area of meaning came the noun and verb senses all too familiar to students. The second recorded instance of the noun sense occurs in the writings of no less an educator than William James, who in a December 26, 1867, letter proffers the hope that "perhaps giving 'quizzes' in anatomy and physiology . . . may help along."
The original meaning of quiz was a game or assessment. Quizzes were used to assess an individuals knowledge or skill set.
Tease. When Jane Austen says someone is 'quizzing' someone else, she means they are teasing.
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In Northern Ireland, a man bet another man that he could add a new word to the language in one day. During the night, the man put graffitti all around the town including the word "quiz" Sure enough, the next day everyone was talking about "quiz". The word was originally meaningless, and acquired its meaning later. That could be a folk-etymology, but it's a fun story anyhow.
Goodyear! Logo quiz is awesome!
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