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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 1005000 answers to questions in category etymology, given by players from 164 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
 26.8% /242515
women
 18.2% /224377

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
51%
242515
women
49%
224377

Answers distribution by language:

language
Russian language
0%
2529
Spanish language
0%
29
Dutch language
0%
13
Italian language
0%
278
French language
0%
126
Ukrainian language
0%
832
Portuguese language
0%
30
English language
6%
67405
Polish language
89%
900550
German language
3%
33208

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
87%
87%
879772
flagGermany
3%
3%
33023
flagthe United States
2%
2%
23094
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
12293
flagIndia
0%
0%
8837
flagAustria
0%
0%
5745
flagAustralia
0%
0%
3088
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
3078
flagCanada
0%
0%
2423
flagthe Netherlands
0%
0%
2349

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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