Richmond vs Quiz - What's the difference?
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The capital of Virginia.
A town and borough of London (properly Richmond upon Thames ).
A common place name ( )
derived from the English place name.
* ~1593 William Shakespeare: Richard III: Act V, Scene III :
transferred from the surname.
Something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.
One who or that which quizzes.
(dated) An odd or absurd person or thing.
* 1803' (published '''1816 ), (Jane Austen), ''(Northanger Abbey) , [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/121/121-h/121-h.htm Chapter 7]
A competition in the answering of questions.
A school examination of less importance, or of greater brevity, than others given in the same course.
(archaic) To hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.
* Thackeray
(archaic) To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly.
To question closely, to interrogate.
To instruct by means of a quiz.
As a proper noun Richmond
is the capital of Virginia.As a noun quiz is
something designed to puzzle one or make one ridiculous; banter; raillery.As a verb quiz is
to hoax; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions.richmond
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Be cheerful, Richmond ; for the wronged souls
- Of butcher'd princes fight in thy behalf:
- King Henry's issue, Richmond , comforts thee.
See also
* *quiz
English
(wikipedia quiz)Noun
(quizzes)- (Smart)
- (Thackeray)
- Where did you get that quiz of a hat? It makes you look like an old witch.
- We came second in the pub quiz .
Derived terms
* quiz kid * quizzer * quizzery * quizzical * quizzify * quizzyVerb
(en-verb)- He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.