A quiz for the whole family will brighten up your leisure time. And there is and will be joy when the family is at a common table, in a good mood and answers funny, interesting, amusing questions. Of course, there is a hint in the form of answers. Does your quiz host have a solid, booming voice? This is cool! But even if the ringleader has a thin, sweet voice, then this will also work, because all the voices in the family are good.

1. Block of humorous questions
Comic questions for the whole family are appropriate at any family holiday. Imagine, you are sitting, drinking tea with aromatic blueberry jam, and suddenly... questions are asked to which you need to give a funny correct answer. The situation changes instantly, people get excited and... a new portion of tea is required!

What do you call the person who cooks cabbage soup the best?
Answer: professor of sour cabbage soup

What radio never breaks down?
Answer: word of mouth

Tell me, whose nose was torn off at the market?
Answer: curious Varvara

When will the cancer whistle on the mountain?
Answer: after the rain on Thursday

What does an extremely trusting person do with his ears?
Answer: hanging

Where is the end of the world?
Answer: where the shadow begins

Which stones are in the lake and which are in the sea?
Answer: wet

How much is a pound?
Answer: one of the answer options is five rubles, but very large, three rubles, but very small

Which letter is usually dotted over?
Answer: above the letter i

Which apple should you not eat?
Answer: eye

Which pole cannot be placed on the ground?
Answer: vertebrate

How to make a swan from grass?
Answer: quinoa - swan, “A” must be replaced with “b”

2. Block of questions “For the curious”
There are many curious people in our world. And that's great! The brain of the curious is always on alert. Why, why, why - you need to know everything, figure it out, get to the bottom of the truth. Curious people are happy people, they move the world forward.

What is the largest monkey in the world?
Answer: eastern gorilla

What was the name of Leo Tolstoy’s mother?
Answer: Maria

Who has the longest ears relative to body length?
Answer: long-eared jerboa

What were the names of the children of Empress Catherine II the Great?
Answer: Pavel and Anna

What was the last name of Peter I?
Answer: Romanov

In honor of whom did the Porsche get its name?
Answer: in honor of the German designer and founder of the manufacturing company Ferdinand Porsche

3. Choose the correct answer
There is such a good expression: “Break your head,” it means to stretch your brains, to figure something out in your mind. But for the next set of questions, no special brainstorming is required. You just need to choose the correct answer.

What is the name of the prize awarded to a movie that is considered the loser of the year?
Golden viburnum
Golden Raspberry +
Golden rowan

What important person do we remember when we talk about ancient times?
Prince Lemon
Professor Grushu
King Pea +

Which fish made the old man's wishes come true?
Golden +
Ordinary
Whale

When it is needed, they throw it away, when it is not needed, they pick it up?
Garbage
Anchor +
Ball

Just born, and already with a mustache?
Clever man
TV
Kitten +

And finally, questions of increased difficulty.

4. Block of questions of increased difficulty

What or who is the captainarmus?
Answer: head of the storeroom in the tsarist army

What is the Aeneid?
Answer: the title of a Latin heroic poem written by Virgil

In honor of what or who is Belgian cheese called “Limburg”?
Answer: named after the city of Limburg

What did A.S. Pushkin call the “magical land”?
Answer: theater

Who are dryads?
Answer: forest nymphs

For the first time in our country, a quiz (from the Latin victoria - victory) appeared on the pages of Ogonyok magazine on the initiative of Mikhail Koltsov on January 8, 1928. It was a truly intellectual quiz, the answers to which readers were eagerly awaiting. Suffice it to say that it was held throughout the year and consisted of 49 episodes with 2270 questions!

Since then it has gained enormous popularity. It is enough to name the television programs “What? Where? When?”, “Field of Miracles”, “Brain Ring”, which are based on a quiz. Such entertainment can also brighten up a holiday entertainment program, especially if the questions are well matched to the composition of the company and the occasion. Suggested below quiz "One Hundred Questions for Smart People" can be held at a school or corporate party. The organizers have the right to determine the number and level of questions themselves.

Quiz "One Hundred Questions for Smart People"

1. Sonnet is a poetic genre in which the number of lines is regulated. How many should there be?

(Fourteen)

2. Which three European capitals are located on the same river?

(Vienna, Budapest and Belgrade - on the Danube)

2. Which country was ruled by about two dozen kings with the same names?

(There are eighteen Louis in France)

3. How to boil an egg without fire?

(Pour water over the quicklime; when the mixture boils, add the egg).

4. How many eyes does a bee have?

(Five)

5. What invention do the Russian people only use themselves?

(Samovar)

6. Who has an ear on his leg?

(At the grasshopper)

7. How many times is the Moon smaller than the Earth?

(Approximately 50 times)

8. Approximately how many liters of air does a person pass through his lungs per day?

(Ten thousand liters)

9. Where are the “mitral valves” located?

(In heart)

10. How are doctors paid in China?

(According to the number of healthy days of the patient)

11. In what liquid does iron not sink?

(In mercury)

12. Which two Russian writers, having quarreled, did not speak to each other for 16 years?

(L.N. Tolstoy and I.S. Turgenev)

13. What completely intact tub cannot be used for household purposes?

(renal)

14. What does a camel’s hump consist of?

(From fat)

15. What pleasant concept is defined in everyday life by the number 24?

("All 24 pleasures")

16. What are the names of the characters in Gogol’s story “About how Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovich quarreled”?

(Pererepenko and Dovgochkhun)

17. What did Manilov from “Dead Souls” call his children?

(Themistoclus and Alcides)

18. What were the names of the ancient priests who predicted the future?

(Oracles)

19. In which state did the plebeians and patricians live?

(In Ancient Rome)

20. In which country has the Leaning Tower of Pisa been unable to fall for more than 600 years?

(In Italy)

21.Who is Immanuel Kant?

(German philosopher)

22. Is it true that Admiral Nelson was one-eyed?

(No. This is a legend. Nelson’s right eye was damaged by sand, his vision became worse with it. That’s all.)

23. Name the English naturalist scientist who told the world about the “Origin of Species”

(Charles Robert Darwin)

24. What works of Tsereteli do you know?

(To be honest, it would be very difficult to list all the works of a prolific author in a small quiz (and not thematic one). The presenter can offer a mini auction, where the one who gives the last answer wins. Or name the most popular, for example, the monument to PeterIin Moscow. You can accept all the correct answers).

25. What was the name of the puppet theater in the old days in Ukraine?

(Nativity scene)

26. What is the name of hot wine boiled with nuts and spices?

(Mulled wine)

27. What is the name of the edge of a minted coin?

(Edge)

28. What is the name of the mesh fabric used as a stencil for embroidery?

(Canvas)

29. What is the name for emphatically confident performance in dancing?

(Aplomb)

30. Transverse division on the fretboard of stringed instruments?

(Lad)

31. Museum of wax figures and rarities?

(Panopticon)

32. A museum where rare, outlandish exhibits are collected?

(Kunstkamera)

33. The largest English news agency (London), named after its creator?

(Reuters)

34. What is the name of the jump in ballet dancing?

(Antrasha)

35. A person who loves selflessly, ?

(Bibliophile)

36. What was the name of the French general after whom a certain style of trousers was named?

(breeches)

37. What is the name of the saddle for acrobatic acts in the circus?

(Panel)

38. An ancient Greek scientist who considered music the main “purifying factor” of the soul?

(Aristotle)

39. What is the name of the collection of real and fake objects for theatrical productions?

(Props)

40. In which ballet is the “Sabre Dance” performed?

(Bulat Okudzhava)

42. What is the name of the force of sound in music that is opposite to “forte” (emphasis on "O")?

(Piano)

43. What is the name of a short compliment poem?

(Madrigal)

44. What is the name of the ancient Polish ceremonial dance-procession?

(Polonaise)

45. What is the name of a special type of ancient Greek choral lyric - a wedding song?

(Hymen)

46. ​​What is the name of a non-periodic literary collection containing works by various authors?

(Almanac)

47. What is the name of the theater lamp?

(Soffit)

48. An honorary address to outstanding musicians?

(Maestro)

49. What is the name of the novel by A. Dumas (son), on the plot of which Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” was written?

(Lady with camellias)

50. Which American singer is called the “first lady of jazz”?

(E. Fitzgerald)

51. What is the art of reading poetry or prose called?

(Recitation)

52. What is the name of the stage role - the role of simple-minded, naive girls?

(Ingenue)

53. What is the name of a hunting burrowing dog with a long body and short legs?

(Dachshund)

54. What is the name of the fruit or sweet dishes served at the end of dinner?

(Dessert)

55. What is the name of a hand-woven patterned carpet?

(Tapestry)

56. What is the name of the barbecue grill?

(Grill)

57. What is the name of a small bag for tobacco, tightened with a cord?

(Pouch)

58. What are the names of paints diluted in water?

(Watercolor)

59. What is the name of a written greeting to commemorate an anniversary?

(Address)

60. What is the name of the special room from which the television broadcast is broadcast?

(Studio)

61. A jazz plucked musical instrument of African origin?

(Banjo)

62. What is the name of a woodcut?

(Woodcut)

63. What is the name of the style of clothing cut so that the sleeves are integral with the shoulder?

(Raglan)

(Degeuter)

65. What was Mark Twain's real last name?

(Samuel Clemens)

66. Name the Russian dancer whose name was immortalized by A.S. Pushkin in "Eugene Onegin?

(Istomina)

67. On what ship did Kisa Vorobyaninov and Ostap Bender travel with the Columbus Theater?

(Scriabin)

68. What is the name of a very popular book published in large quantities?

(Best-seller)

69. What is the opening of the exhibition called?

(Vernisage)

70. What are the names of gymnastic exercises on a horse moving in a circle?

(Vaulting)

71. Name six days in a row so that the letter “I” does not appear once.

(The third day, the day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow)

72. What is the name of a theatrical review - a performance of individual numbers, scenes, episodes?

(Revue)

73. A treat given as a reward for something?

(Magarych)

74. What is the name of a male partner in dancing?

(Cavalier)

75. What is the name of the main plot device of a literary work?

(Fabula)

76. In what year did regular Soviet TV broadcasts begin?

(In 1936)

77. Unwritten law, rules of conduct in life?

(Etiquette)

78. What is the art of beautiful handwriting called?

(Calligraphy)

79. What was Tatyana Larina’s middle name? Justify.

(Dmitrievna

"...And where his ashes lie,

The tombstone reads:

Humble sinner Dmitry Larin...")

80. The lowest tier of boxes at the stall level in the theater?

(Benoir)

81. Hired audience to support a play, an actor, an important commercial viewing?

(Clakers)

82. In what academic discipline can you divide and multiply surnames?

(In physics. For example, Ampere is equal to Volt divided by Ohm)

83. What famous prison was its builder a prisoner of?

(Bastille, architect Hugo Aubrio)

84. What is the population of the country protected by the Great Wall of China?

(For 2015 - 1 billion 368 million people)

85. Which composers completed Borodin’s unfinished opera “Prince Igor”?

(Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov)

86. Where did Khoma Brut study?

(In Kyiv Bursa)

87. What does the “oblique” cross of the St. Andrew’s flag mean?

(The answer is in the name of the flag: the oblique cross reminds of the Apostle Andrew, who was crucified on such a cross)

88. Where in Russia was the first museum dedicated to a literary hero opened?

(In the Leningrad region, "Museum of the Station Master" in October 1972)

89. Peter the Great knew well adicia, subtraction, animation and division. In his time, not everyone knew these four actions, and Peter persistently forced his companions to study this. Now every schoolchild knows all this perfectly well. What does he call it?

(Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

90. This public vehicle appeared in St. Petersburg in the century before last and immediately received the nickname “40 martyrs” and “hug”. Name it.

(Omnibus - multi-seat horse-drawn carriage)

91. The mouth of which Russian river flowing into the sea is located below the level of the world ocean?

(Volga flowing into the Caspian Lake-Sea, which lies 27.9 m below ocean level)

92. “Purple hands on an enamel wall...” What hands are we talking about in this poem by Valery Bryusov?

(About the shadow of a palm tree. One day Bryusov spent the night at his mother’s house, in a room with a palm tree. The light from the street lamp illuminated the tiled wall. The shadows from the palm leaves surprisingly resembled hands...)

93. What does the name of our country sound like in Esperanto?

(Ruslando - Russia)

94. Which republic within Russia is called “the land of a thousand lakes”?

(Karelia)

95. What is "pendeltur"?

(Door on swing hinges, opening in both directions)

96. Who is “Walterperzhenka”?

(Walterperzhenka is a female name formed according to the principle of an abbreviation. It stands for VALENTINA TEReshkova FIRST WOMAN Cosmonaut)

97. What is the name of the largest freshwater lake in Europe by area?

(Ladozhskoe)

98. Was Kolchak or Denikin a sailor and polar explorer?

(Kolchak A.V.)

99. Old Russian catering establishment

(Shinok)

100. What is better: to be bald or to be stupid?

(Stupid, it’s not immediately obvious)

The last question, as you understand it, is a joke. It was necessary to somehow relieve mental stress)))

Consists of answering oral or written questions from various fields of knowledge.

The games mainly differ from each other in the rules that determine the order of moves, the type and complexity of the question, the procedure for determining the winners, and the reward for the correct answer.

There are tabletop quizzes with pre-prepared questions. Very often, the board game market offers several versions of the same game at the same time, differing in the set (often difficulty level) of questions. There are also additional sets of questions sold separately from the game.

Examples of board games that are quizzes:

Origin of the word

The word "quiz" originated in the 1920s. It was invented by the famous Soviet journalist and writer Mikhail Koltsov as the name of a newspaper collection that included various questions, charades, puzzles, etc. This entertainment strip was prepared by a certain Victor, a newspaper employee. From this Victor the “quiz” came about.

Subsequently, they found a connection between this word and the word “victory”. Victor - lat. winner. This word came to mean everything that has questions and answers.

Online quizzes

With the advent of the Internet, it became possible to create specialized quiz sites, such as Mirk Quiz, which is built on the IRC online chat engine, allowing the quiz to take place in real time. Some of them even offer cash prizes for the winners.

In addition to quiz sites, you can play online and in jabber chats. For example, with the Quizer bot ([email protected])

Another example of an online quiz game is the game Conquiztador, which has been around since 2002.

Many thematic sites also host pages with quizzes designed to entertain visitors and popularize the site's focus.

Notes

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See what "Quiz" is in other dictionaries:

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QUIZ, quizzes, women. (neol.). A game in which participants must answer a series of given questions, usually united by some common theme. Ushakov's explanatory dictionary. D.N. Ushakov. 1935 1940 ... Ushakov's Explanatory Dictionary

QUIZ, s, women. A game of answering questions, usually combined with what n. general theme. Musical in. Literary in. Ozhegov's explanatory dictionary. S.I. Ozhegov, N.Yu. Shvedova. 1949 1992 … Ozhegov's Explanatory Dictionary

Quiz is a special type of game that involves the process of guessing the correct answers to oral or written questions from different fields of knowledge. Different types of quizzes may differ from each other in rules, topics, types and complexity of the question base, the procedure and conditions for determining the winners of the competition, as well as the type and amount of reward for correct answers.

The entertainment itself has a long history. And the word that means it was invented by the writer Mikhail Koltsov. His newspaper had a section in which all kinds of intellectual competitions were published: charades, riddles, interesting questions. It was led by a journalist named Victor. Hence the word "quiz". This is a competition in wit, intelligence, and erudition. Events developed in the twenties of the last century, when the new country was building a society unlike the old one. Everything original was held in high esteem. Quiz has caught on both as a term and as entertainment. They especially tried to get young people interested in a new activity. Thanks to the press, the whole country soon learned what a quiz was. The activity is so exciting that the country has already become different, and competitions are being held more and more often, and new varieties are being invented.

Intellectual entertainment comes in many different forms. They are divided by topic, age groups of participants, and methods of conducting. Nowadays, a lot of quizzes are held on the Internet. Some of them are aimed at attracting users, others are carried out for entertainment. More often these competitions are aimed at stimulating the development of intellectual abilities.

How to come up with a quiz:

First you need to choose the theme and goal of the game. Be sure to take into account the age of the participants. For simple competitions, questions are simply composed based on the amount of knowledge supposedly available to the players. For example, to create a history quiz for a certain class, educational material is taken and studied. Based on this, questions are drawn up. The organizer should also select the answers in advance so as not to get confused during the game. There are more complex competitions. When conducting them, you need to explain the rules, the process, and generally what a quiz is. We often see examples of such games on television screens. Various shows where you not only need to give the correct answers, but do it under extreme conditions. Here, not only erudition plays a role, but also the strength of the nervous system. This entertainment is gaining immense popularity on social networks. You can create your own quiz there. Especially many visitors will come if you offer a prize for winning.

How to make a quiz for children:

For kids, you can start creating games as early as three years old, when they understand the competitive process. For example, you can choose questions about your favorite fairy-tale characters or cartoon characters. In this way, children will learn not only to remember what they see, but also to use their still small knowledge. When they get older, it is better to organize quizzes with movement. Children are fidgety, so why keep them in place? Select questions based on the school curriculum. The quiz will be much easier to understand if accompanied by simple physical activities. You can pass the ball to the guys: whoever catches it is responsible. You can write questions on a piece of paper and put them away. Divide the children into teams. Everyone will have to run to a stack of questions, read one, answer, come back and pass the baton to the next one. The fastest is the winner!

Extracurricular activity “Travel around the country Etymology”

Goal: 1) to instill a love for the Russian language;

broaden the horizons of students;

develop cognitive activity;

improve teamwork skills.

The class is divided into three teams. The letters are named one by one. The team that names the most correct letters and guesses the most words wins.

There are as many squares on the screen as there are letters in the word.

Teacher. Today we gathered for a game - the Finest Hour quiz. All questions that will be asked are related to the etymology of the word. Let's remember what “etymology” is. Right. Etymology is the science of language that studies the origin of words.

1 word.

Originally Russian. It arose in Russian from the verb. Originally meant "to lose one's mind." In the 17th-18th centuries. meant "fainting." And only by the middle of the 19th century. this meaning has given way to the modern one. The word has 9 letters.

(Amazement - extreme surprise)

2nd word.

Borrowed from the con. 17th century from Polish, where the meaning is "family". In turn, it came to Polish from Latin, where it also meant “family.” In Russian in the 17th century. had the same meaning. In con. 18th century the lexical meaning of the word has expanded somewhat. The word has 7 letters.

(Surname - a person’s hereditary family name added to his personal name.)

3rd word.

Borrowed by Old Russian from Old Church Slavonic. Derived from the verb vedati - know and particles Not, that is, not to know. This name was supposed to protect a woman entering a strange, unfamiliar house from evil spirits. The word has 7 letters.

(Bride- a girl or woman getting married, having a groom.) According to popular belief, the veil (veil) on the bride’s head should protect the newlywed from the evil eye and evil spirits.

4th word.

Borrowed in the 16th century from the Crimean Tatar language, where it meant “veil for women.” In turn, it came to Crimean Tatar from the Arabic language, where this word means “scarf”. For the first time in Russian writing, this word was recorded in the inventory of the property of Tsar Ivan the Terrible in 1583. In modern Russian, this word means “a type of decoration on clothing (and not only, for example, on curtains, furniture).” The word has 7 letters.

(Fringe - a type of decoration in the form of hanging tassels, laces, etc.)

5 word.

Originally Russian. It arose from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning “crooked”. In modern Russian it means the name of an animal (insect). The word has 4 letters.

(Spider - arthropod insect that weaves a web to catch insects that it eats.)

This word formation is based on the fact that the spider's limbs are curved.

6th word.

Borrowed in the beginning. 16th century from German. In turn, it came to German from the Latin language, where it meant “decisive turn.” It came to Latin from Greek, where it is derived from a verb meaning “I share.” Since the time the word entered the Russian vocabulary, its lexical meaning has not changed. The word has 6 letters.

(A crisis - 1. A sharp change, a sharp turn. 2. Acute deficiency, lack of something.)

7th word.

The word originated in Ancient Greece and originally meant “leisure, rest from work.” It came into the Russian language in the 14th century from Polish.

(School - the ancient Greeks loved to attend conversations with philosophers in their free time, thereby expanding their knowledge. Thanks to this, a school appeared, that is, “a place where you can get an education.” Over time, special premises for teaching children began to be called a school as a tribute to tradition)

The jury sums up the results.

Presentation of certificates to the winners.