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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 1003018 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 164 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Russian language, Spanish language, Dutch language, Italian language, French language, Ukrainian language, Portuguese language, English language, Polish language and German language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 26.8% /242303
women
 18.2% /224328

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242303
women
49%
224328

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2525
Spanish language
0%
29
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
260
French language
0%
126
Ukrainian language
0%
831
Portuguese language
0%
30
English language
6%
67234
Polish language
89%
898993
German language
3%
32977

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
878416
flagGermany
3%
3%
32706
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22962
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12227
flagIndia
0%
0%
8828
flagAustria
0%
0%
5739
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3086
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3068
flagCanada
0%
0%
2419
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2344

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Russian language
2%
7
Spanish language
0%
1
Dutch language
0%
1
Italian language
0%
2
French language
0%
2
Ukrainian language
1%
5
Portuguese language
0%
2
English language
25%
83
Polish language
44%
147
German language
24%
80

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