Quiz and Try

Quiz

Quiz noun - A person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another.

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Try and quiz are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Try" instead the word "Quiz" as a noun or a verb.

Try noun - An effort to do or accomplish something.

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Quiz and try are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quiz" instead the word "Try" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: tried, trying

special	special quiz	special try
short	short quiz	short try
general	general quiz	general try
final	final quiz	final try
Other adjectives: next, last, previous.

quiz people

try people

They didn't know if this was a serious quiz show and they should try to get the answers right, if they'd look stupid if they got it wrong, or if the points really mattered, etc.

Source: Series / QI
This is also likely why the US version didn't try and find a US equivalent quiz genius and simply hired Mark Labbett from the UK version to act as the Chaser on that version of the show as well.

Source: Carried by the Host
When the girls try to quiz them about the details, they instead deflect their questions with a suspiciously-convenient freshly-made bento... Animation Bump: Any segment where there's a great deal of movement is animated surprisingly smoothly.

Source: Manga / Three Leaves, Three Colors

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