Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Quiz - How the word quiz came into existence
While i was going through a book i got an interesting information about " how the word "QUIZ" came into existence. I just want to share it with u guys.
Long long ago a group of friends met in an evening party near a hotel. They had some funny chats with them . This continued for a while and suddenly a friendly quarrel arose within them. The cause of the quarrel is that one of the friends told that it is very difficult to create a word and make it existing within the people. Another one opposed that saying it isn't that much difficult and atlast they came to a decision that if the opposing friend can create a word within a day then we can conclude that its easy to create a word and every one dispersed.
The one who accepted the challege that he can create a word within a day thought for a while and went to a chocolate shop and bought a good amount of chocolates. Later that night he went to different places and distibuted the chocolates to the children in those places and asked them to scribble the word/letters "QUIZ" and put a question mark after that, ie "QUIZ?" in whe walls of the streets. The childrens got the chocolates and did the job they were assigned to.
The next day morning people found the word "QUIZ ?" in the walls of the street. They couldnt understand what the hell is written in the walls and every one began to think of that and find the answer. The reporters too came there and it (the word "QUIZ") became popular through the medias available that time and thus the word QUIZ became popular and came into existence. The meaning of the word wasnt found for days and thus it means " the unknown answer " . As days passed the meaning has slightly changed . Now the word is known almost by everyone. It now a days denote " game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly " .
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