Meanings
nounpop quiz (plural pop quizzes)
plural pop quizzes · alternative popquiz
- USA quiz or test given without warning or prior announcement.
Since it's obviously hilarious to mock our national oath, we'll begin with a pop quiz on our great march of civilization.
2007 September 28, John O'Bryan, “The Headband” (10:59 from the start), in Joaquim Dos Santos, director, Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 3 (Book Three: Fire), episode 2, spoken by Kwan (Jeanne Sakata)
Translations
Arabic رَائِز, اِمْتِحَان مُفَاجِئ
- رَائِز (rāʔiz)test without notice
- اِمْتِحَان مُفَاجِئ (imtiḥān mufājiʔ)test without notice
Finnish pistokoe
- pistokoetest without notice
French interrogation surprise, contrôle surprise
- interrogation surprisetest without notice
- contrôle surprisetest without notice
German unangekündigter Test, unangekündigte Prüfung
- unangekündigter Testtest without notice
- unangekündigte Prüfungtest without notice
- Extemporaletest without notice
Italian compito a sorpresa
- compito a sorpresatest without notice
Japanese 抜き打ちテスト
- 抜き打ちテスト (nukiuchi tesuto)test without notice
Portuguese prova surpresa
- prova surpresatest without notice
Swedish oförberett prov
- oförberett provtest without notice
Cite this entry
APA
pop quiz. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20quiz
MLA
“pop quiz.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20quiz. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop quiz,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20quiz.
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