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Quiz about Phobias in Quizzyland
Quiz about Phobias in Quizzyland

Phobias in Quizzyland


We all enjoy playing our favourite quiz, but for some people the category fills them with dread and fear. Let us take a look around the Fun Trivia site to see if you recognise any of these phobias?

A multiple-choice quiz by Plodd. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Plodd
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
353,718
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
16 / 20
Plays
1979
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: colbymanram (9/20), Guest 119 (15/20), Charlie-14 (20/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. Fun Trivia Category - ANIMALS

What is the fear of wild animals?
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Question 2 of 20
2. Fun Trivia Category - BRAIN TEASERS

What is the fear of words?
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Question 3 of 20
3. Fun Trivia Category - CELEBRITIES

What is the fear of crowds or mobs?
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Question 4 of 20
4. Fun Trivia Category - ENTERTAINMENT

What is the fear of dancing?
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Question 5 of 20
5. Fun Trivia Category - FOR CHILDREN

What is the fear of children?
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Question 6 of 20
6. Fun Trivia Category - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

What is the fear of knowledge?
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Question 7 of 20
7. Fun Trivia Category - GEOGRAPHY

What is the fear of rivers or running water?
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Question 8 of 20
8. Fun Trivia Category - HISTORY

What is the fear of war and injury?
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Question 9 of 20
9. Fun Trivia Category - HOBBIES

What is the fear of food?
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Question 10 of 20
10. Fun Trivia Category - HUMANITIES

What is the fear of theatres?
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Question 11 of 20
11. Fun Trivia Category - LITERATURE

What is the fear of books?
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Question 12 of 20
12. Fun Trivia Category - MOVIES

What is the fear of bearing a malformed child?
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Question 13 of 20
13. Fun Trivia Category - MUSIC

What is the fear of music?
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Question 14 of 20
14. Fun Trivia Category - PEOPLE

What is the fear of people or society?
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Question 15 of 20
15. Fun Trivia Category - RELIGION

What is the fear of gods or religion?
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Question 16 of 20
16. Fun Trivia Category - SCI / TECH

What is the fear of technology?
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Question 17 of 20
17. Fun Trivia Category - SPORTS

What is the fear of failure?
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Question 18 of 20
18. Fun Trivia Category - TELEVISION

What is the fear of black and white?
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Question 19 of 20
19. Fun Trivia Category - VIDEO GAMES

What is the fear of computers or working on a computer?
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Question 20 of 20
20. Fun Trivia Category - WORLD

What is the fear of money?
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Oct 19 2024 : colbymanram: 9/20
Oct 05 2024 : Guest 119: 15/20
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Fun Trivia Category - ANIMALS What is the fear of wild animals?

Answer: Agrizoophobia

The fear of all animals is zoophobia, but wild animals such as giraffes, zebras, lions and bears, the fear is known as agrizoophobia. If you were faced with a lion in the wild, you would naturally start to sweat profusely and panic. People with a fear of wild animals get the same feelings even when the animal is in captivity.
2. Fun Trivia Category - BRAIN TEASERS What is the fear of words?

Answer: Verbophobia

A phobia against words is verbophobia, but it can also be known as logophobia. The fear of long words is either sesquipedalophobia or hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Phew! That's a long word!
3. Fun Trivia Category - CELEBRITIES What is the fear of crowds or mobs?

Answer: Ochlophobia

People who take on a high profile in the world of celebrities can be expected to face large crowds and sometimes mobs if they are extremely popular. It is called ochlophobia if they suffer a phobic reaction against these crowds.
4. Fun Trivia Category - ENTERTAINMENT What is the fear of dancing?

Answer: Chorophobia

Chorophobia is the fear of all dancing, from ballet, to tap, to the Lambada. It is not only the fear of taking part in dancing, but of watching others dance. Their feelings could grow worse if they are ridiculed for not wanting to take part.
5. Fun Trivia Category - FOR CHILDREN What is the fear of children?

Answer: Pedophobia

The fear of children is called pedophobia, which is taken from the Greek word "paedo", meaning children. Pediaphobia can also be used but it normally describes the fear of dolls or other children's toys.
6. Fun Trivia Category - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE What is the fear of knowledge?

Answer: Gnosiophobia

The fear of learning new things is called gnosiophobia. Sometimes knowledge can bring bad news which triggers the normal symptoms associated with phobias. Epistemophobia is also the fear of wisdom or knowledge.
7. Fun Trivia Category - GEOGRAPHY What is the fear of rivers or running water?

Answer: Potamophobia

Potamophobia is the fear of rivers, rapids, waterfalls, streams, canals, or anywhere you can find running water. The word "potamo" is taken from the Greek word for river.
8. Fun Trivia Category - HISTORY What is the fear of war and injury?

Answer: Traumatophobia

Traumatophobia is a fear of physical injury caused during a war or battle. Many people get into a situation where they are hurt or injured, but the symptoms for a person with traumatophobia are so severe that they can see danger when there is no reason to.
9. Fun Trivia Category - HOBBIES What is the fear of food?

Answer: Cibophobia

The general fear of food is cibophobia. This can be broken down to include individual phobias such as mycophobia (mushrooms), alektorophobia (chicken), ichthyophobia (fish) and carnophobia (meat).
10. Fun Trivia Category - HUMANITIES What is the fear of theatres?

Answer: Theatrophobia

Theatrophobia is taken from the Greek word for "theatron", which means a place of seeing. It may be because the person is afraid of enclosed spaces, or when the lights go out before a performance. They may also fear that the bad things they see on stage or screen will follow them from the theatre.
11. Fun Trivia Category - LITERATURE What is the fear of books?

Answer: Bibliophobia

People with bibliophobia have sometimes got a learning disability such as dyslexia. The fear may come on when a person is struggling to read or comprehend strange words, but the genre of the book may also cause abnormal palpitations, nausea and panic attacks.
12. Fun Trivia Category - MOVIES What is the fear of bearing a malformed child?

Answer: Teratophobia

Teratophobia is the fear of monsters, giving birth to monsters or malformed looking creatures. If you suffer from this fear then you would not want to see the 1968 film "Rosemary's Baby". This told of a woman who gave birth to the child of Satan.
13. Fun Trivia Category - MUSIC What is the fear of music?

Answer: Melophobia

Melophobia is the fear and aversion to music or musical sounds. This could be a song on the radio, a band at a concert or somebody singing in a church choir.
14. Fun Trivia Category - PEOPLE What is the fear of people or society?

Answer: Anthropophobia

Anthropophobia is the fear of people, whether it is one person or a group of people. This fear can lead to a person becoming shy and timid followed by a complete withdrawal from society if not treated in time.
15. Fun Trivia Category - RELIGION What is the fear of gods or religion?

Answer: Theophobia

An abnormal fear of a god, deity or religion is called theophobia. People with this phobia believe the wrath of God will descend if any wrongdoing has been made. Atheophobia is the fear of atheists.
16. Fun Trivia Category - SCI / TECH What is the fear of technology?

Answer: Technophobia

Technophobia is the fear of advanced technology or devices associated with technology. This could relate to mobile phones, automated ticket machines and even cars with inbuilt computers.
17. Fun Trivia Category - SPORTS What is the fear of failure?

Answer: Atychiphobia

Sports men and women spend days, weeks and years training to achieve their ultimate goal by beating off competition and winning first place in their field of expertise. They all have a healthy fear of failure, but for some people their fear can take over their lives by turning into atychiphobia.
18. Fun Trivia Category - TELEVISION What is the fear of black and white?

Answer: Melanophobia and Leukophobia

There is no known phobia for the fear of televisions, but melanophobia is the fear of the colour black and leukophobia is the fear of the colour white. How many of you remember watching black and white televisions?
19. Fun Trivia Category - VIDEO GAMES What is the fear of computers or working on a computer?

Answer: Cyberphobia

Most video games can be played on a computer, but people who suffer with cyberphobia are unable to enjoy this activity. Therefore, they have had to do without "Super Mario", "Final Fantasy", "Donkey Kong" and "Grand Theft Auto".
20. Fun Trivia Category - WORLD What is the fear of money?

Answer: Chrometophobia

Those who suffer with chrometophobia often get around their fear by using charge or credit cards to save handling coins or bank notes. Another name for this fear is chrematophobia.
Source: Author Plodd

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