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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 1011928 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 165 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Russian language, Spanish language, Dutch language, Italian language, French language, Ukrainian language, Portuguese language, English language, Polish language and German language.

Results by country

Results by gender

men
 26.9% /242996
women
 18.4% /225133

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242996
women
49%
225133

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2553
Spanish language
0%
30
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
283
French language
0%
127
Ukrainian language
0%
832
Portuguese language
0%
32
English language
6%
68166
Polish language
89%
906240
German language
3%
33652

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
883832
flagGermany
3%
3%
33820
flagthe United States
2%
2%
23931
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12931
flagIndia
0%
0%
8850
flagAustria
0%
0%
5766
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3110
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3107
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2478
flagCanada
0%
0%
2436

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Russian language
2%
7
Spanish language
0%
1
Dutch language
0%
1
Italian language
0%
2
French language
0%
2
Ukrainian language
1%
5
Portuguese language
0%
2
English language
25%
83
Polish language
44%
147
German language
24%
80

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