A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which players attempt to answer questions correctly on one or several specific topics. Quizzes can be used as a brief assessment in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and skills, or simply as a hobby. They can also be televised for entertainment purposes, often in a game show format.
A printed quiz on health issues
Final from Norwegian Quiz Championship, 2009
A quiz show in Japan, 1954
People listening to a Hungarian radio quiz, 1962
An examination or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics. A test may be administered verbally, on paper, on a computer, or in a predetermined area that requires a test taker to demonstrate or perform a set of skills.
Cambodian students taking an exam in order to apply for the Don Bosco Technical School of Sihanoukville in 2008
American students in a computer fundamentals class taking an online test in 2001
"The Official Career of Xu Xianqing" - on the bottom right the imperial examination examinees sit their exam, 1590, Ming dynasty
Invigilators seated on high chairs at a provincial exam in 1888 in northern Vietnam
