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Global Optics Knowledge Test

Since 2013, we have been measuring the global knowledge about optics through the online quiz game.
The results are based on 278494 answers to questions in category optics, given by players from 149 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Italian language, Portuguese language, Russian language, German language, French language, Spanish language, Romanian language, English language, Ukrainian language, Polish language and Dutch language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 30.4% /76122
women
 20.2% /69747

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
52%
76122
women
48%
69747

Answers distribution by language:

language
Italian language
0%
102
Portuguese language
0%
67
Russian language
0%
1922
German language
2%
6953
French language
0%
111
Spanish language
0%
1340
Romanian language
0%
0
English language
7%
20795
Ukrainian language
0%
219
Polish language
88%
246894
Dutch language
0%
91

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
88%
88%
247671
flagGermany
2%
2%
7104
flagthe United States
2%
2%
6519
flagIndia
1%
1%
4899
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
3102
flagAustria
0%
0%
1152
flagSpain
0%
0%
1021
flagRussia
0%
0%
987
flagAustralia
0%
0%
833
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
756

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Italian language
1%
1
Portuguese language
1%
1
Russian language
4%
4
German language
14%
13
French language
1%
1
Spanish language
2%
2
Romanian language
1%
1
English language
24%
22
Ukrainian language
2%
2
Polish language
46%
41
Dutch language
1%
1

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