Bait
Bait verb - To attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults.
Quiz
Quiz verb - To put a question or questions to.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Schmuck Bait: One question in The Impossible Quiz Book has an answer labeled "Please don't press this." You'd better not, since doing so resets the game!
Source: Video Game / The Impossible Quiz -
In audience quiz games on her show, Ellen Degeneres often uses bait and switch questions that seem to be related to one topic but then change to something only marginally-related to the original topic, such as talking about Barack Obama's trip to Cuba, but then asking for movies Cuba Gooding was in.
Source: Bait and Switch -
Schmuck Bait: When The Rock had Sandow on the receiving end of the quiz gameRock: Let The Rock ask you one final question and if you get it right, you'll get an amazing prize from The Rock here in Miami: What happens when you combine a geological aggregate of minerals with its lowest form?
Source: Wrestling / Damien Sandow
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