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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 995816 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% /241903
women
 18.2% /224104

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
241903
women
49%
224104

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2466
Spanish language
0%
29
Polish language
89%
893015
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
211
French language
0%
125
Ukrainian language
0%
826
Portuguese language
0%
29
English language
6%
66637
German language
3%
32465

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
873431
flagGermany
3%
3%
31686
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22563
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12025
flagIndia
0%
0%
8804
flagAustria
0%
0%
5708
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3084
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
2949
flagCanada
0%
0%
2392
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2326

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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