“If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?” is a one-line pun on the word “testicle.” “If a small quiz is a quizzical, what’s a small test?” was cited in print in 1998. “If quizzes are quizzical then what are tests?” was cited in 2002.
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10/28/98
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Q: If a small quiz is a quizzical, what’s a small test?
A: Gregory’s brain.
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If quizzes are quizzical then what are tests?
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The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes
By Geoff Tibballs
London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.
2004
Pg. ?:
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
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25 March 2004, Stillwater (OK) Journal, “Gamboling” by Lawrence Gibbs, pg. 4, col. 3:
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
Urban Dictionary
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If quizzes are quizzical what are tests?; an enigma
This thing is quizzical.
by ianintgotone October 17, 2005
Urban Dictionary
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Extended version of quiz.
if a quiz is a quizzical then whats a test?
by Stephen4190 July 18, 2005
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More One Liners, Jokes and Gags
By Grant Tucker
London: The Robson Press
2013
Pg. ?:
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
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Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
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