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Do You Know These Words? Trivia Quiz

Here are ten very long words. How many of them do you know?

A photo quiz by Ilona_Ritter. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Ilona_Ritter

Time
4 mins

Type
Photo Quiz

Quiz #
372,678

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What does hemidemisemiquaver mean? Hint

64th note

8th note

32nd note

16th note

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Question 2 of 10

2. Do you know the meaning of hypervitaminosis? Hint

to take your vitamins every day

to overdose on vitamins

to invent a new vitamin

to throw your vitamins away

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Question 3 of 10

3. What could gedankenexperiment possibly mean? Hint

An experiment done on lab rats

An experiment in thought not action

An experiment where someone dies

An experiment to cure Cancer

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Question 4 of 10

4. Do you suffer from triskaidekaphobia? What is this the fear of? Hint

hamburgers

your trachea not working

the number 13

kaleidoscopes

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Question 5 of 10

5. If you're familiar with Niccol� Machiavelli, you might know what Machiavellianism is: Hint

Belief that politics are used only to help people and that is why we only need one party

Belief that politicians are all liars and therefore should never trusted by anyone

Belief that politics is amoral and therefore one can do anything it takes to reach their goal

Belief that politics are fair at all times and will always help when needed without demanding more money

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Question 6 of 10

6. Do you know what omphaloskepsis is? Hint

Contemplating your navel in meditation

Having an innie belly button

Cleaning out the fuzz in your navel

Having an outie belly button

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Question 7 of 10

7. I hope you don't suffer from trichotillomania. What is it? Hint

Scratching yourself compulsively

Pulling out your own hair compulsively

Cutting yourself

Wetting yourself for fun

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Question 8 of 10

8. I think all insects are gross, but if you have myrmecophilus you would probably disagree. What is myrmecophilus the love of? Hint

butterflies

beetles

ants

cockroaches

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Question 9 of 10

9. Has anyone ever told you you're pulchritudinous? Should you be mad or not? What does the word mean? Hint

physically beautiful

plain

physically ugly

beautiful on the inside

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Question 10 of 10

10. Have you had a psychotomimetic episode? If so what have you had? Hint

A bad case of pneumonia

A psychotic change in behavior or personality

A problem with thinking you're sick all the time when you're quite healthy

A greedy relative

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does hemidemisemiquaver mean?

Answer: 64th note

A quaver is another word for a eighth note. If you halve that you get an 16th note. Halve it again you get a 32th note, halve it one more time you get a 64th note.

A 64th note is not seen often in music. But when it is it is played or sung very fast.

2. Do you know the meaning of hypervitaminosis?

Answer: to overdose on vitamins

Hyper means excessive. The word vitamin comes from the Latin word vita which means life.

3. What could gedankenexperiment possibly mean?

Answer: An experiment in thought not action

An example of gedankenexperiment is Albert Einstein and his theory of relativity. It was in his mind that he figured it out, he did not make anything have relativity.

4. Do you suffer from triskaidekaphobia? What is this the fear of?

Answer: the number 13

If you have triskaidekaphobia than Friday the 13th is your worst nightmare. This fear only dates back to the 1800s.

5. If you're familiar with Niccol� Machiavelli, you might know what Machiavellianism is:

Answer: Belief that politics is amoral and therefore one can do anything it takes to reach their goal

Machiavelli was born in 1469 and died in 1527. He wrote the well known book "The Prince".

6. Do you know what omphaloskepsis is?

Answer: Contemplating your navel in meditation

I think at one time or another everyone has contemplated their belly buttons. Questions such as why didn't they close up? or How do I best clean it? may have popped up.

This word can also mean no will to move or do anything.

7. I hope you don't suffer from trichotillomania. What is it?

Answer: Pulling out your own hair compulsively

If we break the word up, trich means hair, tilla means to pull out and mania is the excessive desire to do something. If not treated this could lead to random bald patches all over the head.

8. I think all insects are gross, but if you have myrmecophilus you would probably disagree. What is myrmecophilus the love of?

Answer: ants

Author E.O. Wilson is a myrmecophilus. He has written the book "Anthill: A Novel". The book tells a story from the ant's prospective. It won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize.

9. Has anyone ever told you you're pulchritudinous? Should you be mad or not? What does the word mean?

Answer: physically beautiful

When Richard Burton first saw Elizabeth Taylor that was the word he used to describe her: pulchritudinous. The word almost sounds like it would mean ugly, but the Latin word for beautiful is pulcher.

10. Have you had a psychotomimetic episode? If so what have you had?

Answer: A psychotic change in behavior or personality

This happened a lot in the '60s when LSD was popular. People would take the pill and become very psychtomimetic. However, it's not always drug-induced; it could be a chemical issue in the brain itself.

Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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