quiz show

noun

: an entertainment program (as on radio or television) in which contestants answer questions

called also quiz program

Examples of quiz show in a Sentence

a popular TV quiz show
Recent Examples on the Web The latest quiz show from the team behind The 1% Club and The Weakest Link is a fun, play-along offering that can be made, if required, on a shoestring. Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024 However, studio leaders encountered hiccups replacing Alex Trebek as the host of America’s most popular quiz show. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024 Vorderman, a longtime UK TV presenter and maths whiz on quiz show Countdown, has a following of nearly a million on X and began being more vocally anti-government during the lockdown of 2020, calling out public figures for alleged corruption. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024 The Luckiest Man in America features Paul Walter Hauser as Larson, who in real life spotted a flaw in the seemingly randomly flashing game board for the 1980s CBS quiz show Press Your Luck and boarded a bus to Los Angeles to win a record-breaking $110,237 during a two-episode appearance. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for quiz show 

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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of quiz show was in 1938

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“Quiz show.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quiz%20show. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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