Quiz Definition–noun | 1. | an informal test or examination of a student or class. | | 3. | a practical joke; a hoax. | | 4. | Chiefly British. an eccentric, often odd-looking person. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to examine or test (a student or class) informally by questions. | | 6. | to question closely: The police quizzed several suspects. | | 7. | Chiefly British. to make fun of; ridicule; mock; chaff. | |
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broadcast show designed to test the memory, knowledge, agility, or luck of persons selected from studio or broadcast audience or to contrive a competition among these people for merchandise or cash ...
Fenneman, George
American entertainer who was best known for his role as announcer and straight-man sidekick to Groucho Marx on the quiz show "You Bet Your Life" on radio for 3 years and then, from 1950, on ...
Kelly, Barbara
Canadian-born actress enjoyed widespread popularity as a regular panelist on the long-running British edition of the television quiz show What's My Line? (1951-63; 1984-87) and as the host of Criss ...
Smith, Linda
British comedian (b. Jan. 25, 1958, Erith, Kent, Eng.-d. Feb. 27, 2006, London, Eng.), delighted millions with her warm, but often satiric, humour about the foibles of everyday life. Smith received a ...
Cass, Mary Margaret
American character actress whose most memorable role was that of the unwed pregnant secretary Agnes Gooch in both the Broadway version of Auntie Mame (1956), for which she won a Tony Award, and the ...
Muir, Frank
British comedy writer and broadcaster who exhibited his facility for wordplay, which figured prominently in his writing and in his participation on the radio shows "My Word!" and "My Music" and the ...
Robinson, Robert (Henry)
British journalist and broadcaster known for his wit and for the number and variety of his simultaneously held television assignments.Francis, Arlene
American actress and television personality (b. Oct. 20, 1907, Boston, Mass.-d. May 31, 2001, San Francisco, Calif.), enjoyed widespread popularity as a regular panelist on the long-running ...
Took, Barry
British stand-up comic and comedy writer (b. June 19, 1928, London, Eng.-d. March 31, 2002, London), wrote zany, anarchic comedy shows for BBC radio and television-including Round the Horne, ...
Whiteley, (John) Richard
British television personality (b. Dec. 28, 1943, Bradford, West Yorkshire, Eng.-d. June 26, 2005, Leeds, Eng.), delighted children and adults alike with his genial nature, groan-inducing puns, and ...
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