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Global History Knowledge Test

Since 2013, we have been measuring the global knowledge about history through the online quiz game.
The results are based on 13455755 answers to questions in category history, given by players from 169 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: German language, Dutch language, Portuguese language, Ukrainian language, Polish language, Romanian language, Italian language, Russian language, French language, English language, Spanish language and Swedish language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 36.4% /3055449
women
 16.9% /2594315

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
54%
3055449
women
46%
2594315

Answers distribution by language:

language
German language
2%
270334
Dutch language
0%
7261
Portuguese language
0%
4987
Ukrainian language
0%
15691
Polish language
92%
12506386
Romanian language
0%
0
Italian language
0%
27169
Russian language
0%
67286
French language
0%
9911
English language
3%
534989
Spanish language
0%
11741
Swedish language
0%
0

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
91%
91%
12288996
flagGermany
2%
2%
381127
flagthe United States
1%
1%
189821
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
173326
flagAustria
0%
0%
51925
flagItaly
0%
0%
51890
flagIndia
0%
0%
50733
flagRussia
0%
0%
35780
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
33592
flagUkraine
0%
0%
31395

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
German language
12%
590
Dutch language
1%
70
Portuguese language
1%
69
Ukrainian language
1%
70
Polish language
55%
2549
Romanian language
0%
33
Italian language
1%
66
Russian language
3%
139
French language
1%
68
English language
18%
847
Spanish language
1%
69
Swedish language
0%
8

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