Irish Trivia
Allegedly, Richard Daly, a Dublin theater owner, invented the word "quiz." The legend states that Daly made a bet n the 1830s that he could popularize a nonsense word throughout the city in under 48 hours, and he even went so far as printing up cards with the word on it for his employees to distribute, as well as instructing them to write the word on walls.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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