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Global Etymology Knowledge Test

Since 2013, we have been measuring the global knowledge about etymology through the online quiz game.
The results are based on 997727 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 164 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Russian language, Spanish language, Polish language, Dutch language, Italian language, French language, Ukrainian language, Portuguese language, English language and German language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 26.8% /242003
women
 18.2% /224145

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242003
women
49%
224145

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2473
Spanish language
0%
29
Polish language
89%
894578
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
212
French language
0%
126
Ukrainian language
0%
827
Portuguese language
0%
29
English language
6%
66798
German language
3%
32642

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
874781
flagGermany
3%
3%
31953
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22678
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12055
flagIndia
0%
0%
8811
flagAustria
0%
0%
5723
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3085
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3019
flagCanada
0%
0%
2409
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2331

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Russian language
2%
7
Spanish language
0%
1
Polish language
44%
144
Dutch language
0%
1
Italian language
0%
2
French language
0%
2
Ukrainian language
1%
5
Portuguese language
0%
2
English language
25%
83
German language
24%
80

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