How to Use quiz show in a Sentence

quiz show

noun
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  • Thursday was not the first time Bey made a cameo on the quiz show.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The format was a cross between a quiz show and a video game.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
  • But at one point in the long-running quiz show, none of these Jeopardy!
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 17 Jan. 2022
  • But the homegrown high school quiz show has found a safe orbit.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Pro wrestling’s John Cena hosts an all-new version of the quiz show.
    — Matt Cooper, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • Trebek presided over the beloved quiz show for more than 30 years.
    — Dallas News, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Burton has been vocal about wanting to be a guest host of the quiz show.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The state often pops up in clues on the legendary quiz show, sometimes even twice in one episode.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The scholar Charles van Doren was one, his death evoking the distant quiz show scandals of the 1950s.
    — William McDonald, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Katie Couric begins a two week run as guest host of the answer-and-question quiz show.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2021
  • But the quiz show — knowledge as public display — is, for him, a dead end.
    — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2018
  • In the meanwhile, a quiz show blares away on the hospice television.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • All game shows function under a slight awning of the old quiz show scandal.
    — Stephen Battaglio, latimes.com, 12 June 2019
  • Robin Roberts begins her turn as guest host of the answers-and-questions quiz show.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2021
  • Holzhauer rose to fame during his 33-day run on the popular quiz show.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • The students read the books, form teams, and compete in a quiz show like challenge using knowledge of the books.
    — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • This quiz show on wheels hosted by Ben Bailey is back with new episodes.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2019
  • But the story about her teachers and her quiz shows just how fresh her transition to the pro life is.
    — Jason Hanna, CNN, 2 July 2019
  • As for whether this edition of the quiz show will come back for season 2, that's to be determined.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2023
  • America’s favorite quiz show would seem to be in good hands for the next couple of weeks.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The new quiz show, in fact, is a spinoff of Baer’s public speaking engagements.
    — Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The quiz show previously tapped Bialik and Jennings to host through the end of 2021.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 8 Dec. 2021
  • And Friedman, who was set to retire in May, didn’t want to let Jennings just walk away from the legendary quiz show.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
  • The chosen go to choose their glittery tat like winners of some daytime quiz show.
    — A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
  • The television quiz show airs weeknights at 7:30 p.m. on WLKY.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2021
  • But off-camera and away from the quiz show’s stage, The Big Bang Theory star has traded her clue cards for a cup of tea.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 21 June 2022
  • The quiz show’s 36th season begins with new episodes starting Sept. 9.
    — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Malek's Davidson protests when asked to provide an answer about his hometown on the quiz show.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2021
  • The announcement comes a month after word surfaced that the NFL player was in discussions to host a reboot of the quiz show.
    — Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Sold in sets of 20 that mirror the iconic screens on the quiz show, the stamp pane will have relevant category headers appear at the top of each column.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024

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