how to say “quiz” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]בּוֹחַן, חִידוֹן

A test – מבחן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – is usually no fun. But a quiz can be either daunting or entertaining, depending on the context. 

Hebrew has two words for quiz, one for each occasion: בוחן [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]- a quiz at school, and חידון[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – a quiz used as a game, often trivia.

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]היא צריכה להתכונן לבוחן מחר בכימיה.

She needs to prepare for the chemistry quiz tomorrow.

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /]ההורים הכינו חידון מיוחד לחנוכה.

The parents prepared a special Hannukah quiz.

חידון comes from the word חידה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/חידון-#.m4a” /] – riddle.