quizzer

noun pl. quizzes

1. Obsolete
   1. a queer or eccentric person
   2. a practical joke; hoax
2. ☆ a questioning; esp., a short oral or written examination to test knowledge

Origin: prob. arbitrary use of L quis, what (i.e., what sort of person or thing?)

transitive verb quizzed, quizzing

1. Obsolete to make fun of
2. Now Rare to look at, often specif., inquisitively, teasingly, etc.
3. ☆
   1. to ask questions of: to quiz the suspect
   2. to test the knowledge of: to quiz the class