Word: quiz
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...psychological tests. A large group of graduates, it appears, gathered for the Alumni Day exercises, fell into a discussion as to whether or not their brains were as sharp as those of the present Freshmen: and to settle the question, playfully decided to submit themselves to the curious quiz that makes or mars a mentality. The deed was done. The results were announced as "satisfactory...
Coach H. H. Haines gave the men general and detailed instruction in the fundamentals of rowing. He used the "quiz" cards to explain the various fixtures of the boat, the stretcher, seat, and riggers, making clear the function of each part. He followed this with directions as to the use of the oars, and the regulation of the stroke...
...Coach H. H. Haines will address a meeting of all Freshman oarsmen in Smith Halls Common Room. This meeting is one of the most important of the 1926 fall season, both for purposes of organization and of instruction in the finer principles of rowing. All men should bring their "quiz-cards...
...been discovered that college professors do rather worse than college freshmen when subjected to the quizzes lately employed as tests of intelligence. This does not prove the illiteracy of college professors. It merely demonstrates how futile is the quiz method of determining intellectual ability...
...quiz upon a subject that a student has lately studied is a useful test of his attention and of his ability to concentrate; but asking all manner of men all manner of questions in which they have but the slightest interest is a worthless method of detecting their ability or capacity to discharge their duties. The New York Tribune