Quiz vs. Trivia

(dated) An odd, puzzling or absurd person or thing.

A competition in the answering of questions.

Example: ‘We came second in the pub quiz.’;

(education) A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.

To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

(transitive) To question closely, to interrogate.

(transitive) To instruct by means of a quiz.

To play with a quiz.

A riddle or obscure question; an enigma; a ridiculous hoax.

One who quizzes others; as, he is a great quiz.

An odd or absurd fellow.

An exercise, or a course of exercises, conducted as a coaching or as an examination.

To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.

Example: ‘He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.’;

To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.

To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

To conduct a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4.

an examination consisting of a few short questions

examine someone's knowledge of something;

Example: ‘The teacher tests us every week’; ‘We got quizzed on French irregular verbs’;

a test of knowledge, especially as a competition between individuals or teams as a form of entertainment

Example: ‘a quiz show’; ‘a pub quiz’; ‘a sports quiz’;

an act of questioning someone

Example: ‘the model is to face a police quiz over claims her dogs are intimidating ramblers’;

an informal written test or examination given to students.

a practical joke or hoax

Example: ‘I am impatient to know if the whole be not one grand quiz’;

a person who ridicules or hoaxes another

Example: ‘two ill-natured quizzes, who were suspected of writing for a very sarcastic paper’;

an odd or eccentric person

Example: ‘she means to marry that quiz for the sake of his thousands’;

ask (someone) questions

Example: ‘four men have been quizzed about the murder’;

give (a student or class) an informal written test or examination.

look curiously or intently at (someone) through or as if through an eyeglass

Example: ‘deep-set eyes quizzed her in the candlelight’;

make fun of

Example: ‘is it possible he has heard of my foible and is quizzing me?’;

A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly about a certain or variety of subjects. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, or skills.

insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information

Example: ‘These trivia take up too much of the day.’; ‘This trivia takes up too much of the day.’;

A quiz game that involves obscure facts.

Example: ‘I joined the trivia club this semester!’;

something of small importance

Trivia is information and data that are considered to be of little value. It can be contrasted with general knowledge and common sense.