quizzing
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Quiz \Quiz\ (kw[i^]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quizzed (kw[i^]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Quizzing (kw[i^]z"z[i^]ng).]
1.To puzzle; to banter; to chaff or mock with pretended seriousness of discourse; to make sport of, as by obscure questions. [1913 Webster]
He quizzed unmercifully all the men in the room.— Thackeray.[1913 Webster]
2.To peer at; to eye suspiciously or mockingly. [1913 Webster]
3.To instruct in or by a quiz. See Quiz, n., 4. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Quizzing glass, a small eyeglass. [1913 Webster]