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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 270911 answers to questions in category optics, given by players from 148 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
 30.3% /75715
women
 20.1% /69420

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
52%
75715
women
48%
69420

Answers distribution by language:

language
Italian language
0%
43
Portuguese language
0%
59
Russian language
0%
1831
German language
2%
6552
French language
0%
106
Spanish language
0%
1331
Romanian language
0%
0
English language
7%
20076
Ukrainian language
0%
213
Polish language
88%
240613
Dutch language
0%
87

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
89%
89%
242585
flagGermany
2%
2%
6130
flagthe United States
2%
2%
5883
flagIndia
1%
1%
4841
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
2802
flagAustria
0%
0%
1099
flagSpain
0%
0%
1007
flagRussia
0%
0%
942
flagAustralia
0%
0%
823
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
667

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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