What is the origin of the word “quiz”?

The word “quiz” has a mysterious origin, but one legend claims it was invented in 1791 by Richard Daly, a Dublin theater owner.

📜 History: Daly supposedly bet his friends that he could create a new, meaningless word and make it popular within 48 hours. He hired children to scribble the word “quiz” on walls around Dublin. The next day, everyone was asking what “quiz” meant, and it soon came to mean “a test.”

🤔 Trivia: Although this story is fun, there is no solid evidence to prove it. The word quiz actually existed before 1791 and meant “an eccentric person.”