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# quizmaster

noun (a quizmaster, quizmasters)

«quizmaster» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A quizmaster is the person who asks the questions in a quiz, keeps the score and says who has won. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#m1)

### In the lessons

In school, a teacher or pupil may be the quizmaster in a class quiz or end-of-term quiz; in everyday life, pub quizzes and TV quiz shows have quizmasters. In stories the quizmaster may be strict or funny. Phrases: "the quizmaster's question", "act as quizmaster".

### Examples

- Mr Patel was the quizmaster at our end-of-term quiz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x1)
- The quizmaster read out the scores after each round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x2)
- I want to be the quizmaster next time! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x3)
- The quizmaster gave a clue because no one knew the answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x4)
- On the TV show, the quizmaster wore a shiny suit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x5)
- Our team argued with the quizmaster about question seven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a quizmaster, quizmasters. It is a compound of quiz + master and can be used for a woman or a man. In the USA a TV quizmaster is often called a "host" or "quiz show host".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «quizmaster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quizmaster/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«quizmaster» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/quizmaster.html) on Mova free.