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Quiz about Family Phobias At Home
Quiz about Family Phobias At Home

Family Phobias At Home Trivia Quiz


I never realised that there where so many phobias. When searching the web I now realise that all my family suffer from some kind of phobia. Take a trip around my home and see if you know what it is they suffer from. It's all good fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by deaks. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
deaks
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
145,536
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1847
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Question 1 of 10
1. A normal day in my household finishes with me being the last one up and about. My wife and children think I suffer from clinophobia. I didn't know what they were on about so I had to look it up in the dictionary. What do you think clinophobia means? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. I rouse everyone in the house and then I open the curtains. In my back garden there is a sandpit. It used to be a pond but I had to fill it in because my youngest daughter suffers from batrachophobia. What do you think that could be? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Opening the curtains was a fatal mistake. What I should have done is gone straight into the bathroom as now my wife is in there. She always seems to take an age. That would be on account of her fear of being dirty. What is the correct phobia name for this affliction? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Eventually I get into the bathroom and after I wash and brush my teeth I look into the mirror. Boy, do I look old! It's a good thing my wife doesn't suffer from peladophobia or I would be in trouble. What would my wife be afraid of if she did have peladophobia? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. I now go downstairs and am greeted by our family pet dog. She's a lovely thing but she wasn't our original pet. But because of my eldest daughter's ailurophobia we had to change. What animal was she afraid of? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. I go to the kitchen and wait for my breakfast. My youngest son complains that he has a tummy-ache. I know, being elderly and wise, that this is just a ruse to get out of going to school. Now if he had been smarter which of these could he have used as a better excuse? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. At the breakfast table my eldest son asks my advice on his latest girlfriend. He tells me that she has just finished their relationship because he has hypengyophobia. I nearly choked on my cornflakes until I once again got out the trusty dictionary and found out that he has a fear of what? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. After imparting with my wisdom, in return I asked my son to go to the shop and fetch me a newspaper. "Oh Dad, I would but you know I can't" Kids! Which one of these could be a valid excuse for him? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. At last I now have my newspaper and am ready to eat a hearty breakfast. It turns out to be cereal and orange juice on account of my wife's fear of cooking. Which is the correct term? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Well I've got up, washed, advised my children, read my paper,ate breakfast and now I'm ready to go to work. This is when my wife informs me that we will have a guest for dinner. Straight away my pentheraphobia kicks in. Who is the guest which strikes terror into the hearts of a lot of married men?

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. A normal day in my household finishes with me being the last one up and about. My wife and children think I suffer from clinophobia. I didn't know what they were on about so I had to look it up in the dictionary. What do you think clinophobia means?

Answer: Fear of going to bed

2. I rouse everyone in the house and then I open the curtains. In my back garden there is a sandpit. It used to be a pond but I had to fill it in because my youngest daughter suffers from batrachophobia. What do you think that could be?

Answer: Fear of amphibians

Batrachophobia is the fear of amphibians such as frogs, toads and newts.
3. Opening the curtains was a fatal mistake. What I should have done is gone straight into the bathroom as now my wife is in there. She always seems to take an age. That would be on account of her fear of being dirty. What is the correct phobia name for this affliction?

Answer: Automysophobia

Dystychiphobia is the fear of accidents.Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity. Macrophobia is the fear of long waits, something that, at times, I'm glad I don't have.
4. Eventually I get into the bathroom and after I wash and brush my teeth I look into the mirror. Boy, do I look old! It's a good thing my wife doesn't suffer from peladophobia or I would be in trouble. What would my wife be afraid of if she did have peladophobia?

Answer: Bald people

The passing of time has not been too kind to me, as well as a lot of men my age. Peladophobia is the fear of bald people.
Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.
Gerontophobia is the fear of old people or of growing old.
5. I now go downstairs and am greeted by our family pet dog. She's a lovely thing but she wasn't our original pet. But because of my eldest daughter's ailurophobia we had to change. What animal was she afraid of?

Answer: Cat

Ailurophobia and felinophobia is the fear of cats.
6. I go to the kitchen and wait for my breakfast. My youngest son complains that he has a tummy-ache. I know, being elderly and wise, that this is just a ruse to get out of going to school. Now if he had been smarter which of these could he have used as a better excuse?

Answer: All of them

Didaskaleinophobia is the fear of going to school.
Scolionophobia is the fear of school.
Testophobia is the fear of taking tests.
7. At the breakfast table my eldest son asks my advice on his latest girlfriend. He tells me that she has just finished their relationship because he has hypengyophobia. I nearly choked on my cornflakes until I once again got out the trusty dictionary and found out that he has a fear of what?

Answer: Responsibility

Hypengyophobia or Hypegiaphobia is the fear of responsibility.
Genophobia is the fear of sex.
Lockiophobia is fear of childbirth.
Gamophobia fear of marriage.
8. After imparting with my wisdom, in return I asked my son to go to the shop and fetch me a newspaper. "Oh Dad, I would but you know I can't" Kids! Which one of these could be a valid excuse for him?

Answer: All of these

Basically my son is just bone idle. Agyrophobia is the fear of streets or crossing the street.
Dromophobia is the fear of crossing streets.
Agoraphobia is the fear of open spaces or of being in crowded places like markets and also fear of leaving a safe place.
9. At last I now have my newspaper and am ready to eat a hearty breakfast. It turns out to be cereal and orange juice on account of my wife's fear of cooking. Which is the correct term?

Answer: Mageirocophobia

Mageirocophobia is the fear of cooking.
Alektorophobia is the fear of chickens.
Rupophobia is the fear of dirt.
Ponophobia is the fear of overworking or of pain
10. Well I've got up, washed, advised my children, read my paper,ate breakfast and now I'm ready to go to work. This is when my wife informs me that we will have a guest for dinner. Straight away my pentheraphobia kicks in. Who is the guest which strikes terror into the hearts of a lot of married men?

Answer: mother in law

Pentheraphobia is the fear of the mother-in-law. I don't know which scares me more. That it is a genuine affliction or that there is a name for it!
Source: Author deaks

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