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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 1000568 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% /242152
women
 18.2% /224246

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242152
women
49%
224246

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2500
Spanish language
0%
29
Polish language
89%
896926
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
247
French language
0%
126
Ukrainian language
0%
828
Portuguese language
0%
29
English language
6%
67075
German language
3%
32795

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
876662
flagGermany
3%
3%
32345
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22856
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12197
flagIndia
0%
0%
8827
flagAustria
0%
0%
5727
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3085
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3054
flagCanada
0%
0%
2415
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2342

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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