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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 996468 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% /241954
women
 18.2% /224117

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
241954
women
49%
224117

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2467
Spanish language
0%
29
Polish language
89%
893559
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
211
French language
0%
125
Ukrainian language
0%
826
Portuguese language
0%
29
English language
6%
66708
German language
3%
32501

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
873909
flagGermany
3%
3%
31769
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22609
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12032
flagIndia
0%
0%
8806
flagAustria
0%
0%
5712
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3084
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
2951
flagCanada
0%
0%
2408
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2328

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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