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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 1001796 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 164 countries.
This test has questions in the following languages: Polish language, Russian language, Spanish 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% /242240
women
 18.2% /224274

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242240
women
49%
224274

Answers distribution by language:

language
Polish language
89%
897986
Russian language
0%
2509
Spanish language
0%
29
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
257
French language
0%
126
Ukrainian language
0%
829
Portuguese language
0%
30
English language
6%
67148
German language
3%
32869

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
877564
flagGermany
3%
3%
32548
flagthe United States
2%
2%
22910
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12208
flagIndia
0%
0%
8828
flagAustria
0%
0%
5730
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3085
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3065
flagCanada
0%
0%
2415
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2342

Quiz size

Number of active questions per language:

language
Polish language
44%
146
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
German language
24%
80

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