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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 279220 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% /76172
women
 20.3% /69761

Origin of answers

Answers distribution by gender:

gender
men
52%
76172
women
48%
69761

Answers distribution by language:

language
Italian language
0%
104
Portuguese language
0%
67
Russian language
0%
1926
German language
2%
6996
French language
0%
111
Spanish language
0%
1341
Romanian language
0%
0
English language
7%
20875
Ukrainian language
0%
219
Polish language
88%
247489
Dutch language
0%
92

Answers distribution by country:

country
flagPoland
88%
88%
248241
flagGermany
2%
2%
7138
flagthe United States
2%
2%
6598
flagIndia
1%
1%
4903
flagthe United Kingdom
1%
1%
3114
flagAustria
0%
0%
1153
flagSpain
0%
0%
1022
flagRussia
0%
0%
989
flagAustralia
0%
0%
838
flagSwitzerland
0%
0%
766

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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