quiz

petit test, questionnaire

Courte série de questions pour vérifier les connaissances de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A short set of questions used to check what someone knows.

• We have a quiz today.
• I passed the spelling quiz with no mistakes.
• Did the teacher give you a quiz on yesterday’s lesson?

Synonymes : test

Expressions courantes : short quiz, spelling quiz, take a quiz

jeu de questions, quiz

Jeu ou concours où les participants essaient de répondre correctement à des questions.

En anglais simple : A game or competition in which people try to answer questions correctly.

• Our team won the quiz.
• We go to a pub quiz every Friday.
• Who will host the next quiz night?

Synonymes : trivia game

Expressions courantes : pub quiz, quiz night, quiz show

interroger, tester

Poser des questions à quelqu’un pour vérifier ce qu’il sait sur un sujet.

En anglais simple : To ask someone questions to check what they know about a subject.

• Please quiz me before the test.
• Our teacher quizzed us on the first chapter.
• She quizzes her son on spelling each evening.

Comment l'utiliser : quiz someone on something (Dad quizzed me on my French vocabulary.)

Synonymes : test

Expressions courantes : quiz someone, quiz someone on something

questionner, interroger

Poser beaucoup de questions à quelqu’un, souvent pour obtenir davantage d’informations.

En anglais simple : To ask someone many questions, often to find out more about something.

• My mother quizzed me about my day.
• Reporters quizzed the actor about his latest film.
• Why are you quizzing me about my weekend plans?

Comment l'utiliser : quiz someone about something (My friends quizzed me about my trip.)

Synonymes : question

Expressions courantes : quiz someone about something, quiz someone on something, quiz a suspect