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-.\" $NetBSD: quiz.6,v 1.4 1995/04/22 10:16:56 cgd Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: quiz.6,v 1.2 1998/08/19 07:40:56 pjanzen Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@
.Nm quiz
.Nd random knowledge tests
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm quiz
+.Nm
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl i Ar file
.Op Ar question answer
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm quiz
+.Nm
utility tests your knowledge of random facts.
It has a database of subjects from which you can choose.
With no arguments,
-.Nm quiz
+.Nm
displays the list of available subjects.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Use tutorial mode, in which questions are repeated later if you didn't get
them right the first time, and new questions are presented less frequently
to help you learn the older ones.
.It Fl i
-Specify an alternate index file.
+Specify an alternative index file.
.El
.Pp
Subjects are divided into categories.
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ untimely demise, whereas the command ``quiz killer victim'' works the
other way around.
.Pp
If you get the answer wrong,
-.Nm quiz
+.Nm
lets you try again.
To see the right answer, enter a blank line.
.Sh "Index and Data File Syntax"
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ meta-characters:
.sp
.Bl -tag -width "pat|pat" -compact -offset indent
.It pat|pat
-alternate patterns
+alternative patterns
.It {pat}
optional pattern
.It [pat]
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ characters, or at the end of a line to signify that a continuation line
follows.
.Pp
If either a question or its answer is empty,
-.Nm quiz
+.Nm
will refrain from asking it.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/quiz.db -compact