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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 1009491 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 165 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
 26.9% /242862
women
 18.3% /224885

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242862
women
49%
224885

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2542
Spanish language
0%
30
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
283
French language
0%
127
Ukrainian language
0%
832
Portuguese language
0%
32
English language
6%
67829
Polish language
89%
904313
German language
3%
33490

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
882523
flagGermany
3%
3%
33412
flagthe United States
2%
2%
23576
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12659
flagIndia
0%
0%
8846
flagAustria
0%
0%
5756
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3107
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3097
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2444
flagCanada
0%
0%
2435

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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