pop quiz

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In the last issue of this newsletter, I talked about a pop quiz I gave at Columbia Business School.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

As the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg began her Sunday Morning programme, she gave her Conservative and Labour guests a quick pop quiz to see if they could name their respective parties' election pledges.

From BBC • May 19, 2024

Next to him, 67-year-old teacher and musician Alan Akaka swivels his desk chair from his computer screen to face Cortez with a pop quiz: “Have you been practicing with the music?”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Rather, this was a cognitive pop quiz, part of the protocol used on folks of a certain age.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Just to make the day complete, we have a pop quiz in math.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass