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Test yourself! Take this Phobias Quiz | Psychological Disorders

This is a quiz about phobias. Can you identify the correct phobia which I describe by using examples from popular culture, movies, music and history?

A multiple-choice quiz by NewBudo. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
NewBudo

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
363,398

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Bruce Wayne had to overcome this phobia before he could become Batman. What is chiroptophobia? Hint

Fear of criminals

Fear of heights

Fear of bats

Fear of the dark

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Question 2 of 10

2. In popular culture, vampires are afraid of sunlight. What is the fear of sunlight called? Hint

Hydrophobia

Heliophobia

Thermophobia

Zoophobia

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Question 3 of 10

3. Luckily actress Drew Barrymore did not have xenophobia as a little girl. What is xenophobia? Hint

Fear of spaceships

Fear of strangers, foreigners or aliens

Fear of bicycles

Fear of flowers

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you never had coulrophobia, Stephen King's character Pennywise will make sure you get it! What is coulrophobia? Hint

Fear of the dark

Fear of clowns

Fear of spiders

Fear of books

5. "Yesterday, December 7, 1941--a date which will live in infamy--the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan..." From what phobia could some Americans have suffered after President Franklin D. Roosevelt made this famous speech? Hint

Anglophobia

Nipponophobia

Pedophobia

Polonophobia

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Question 6 of 10

6. Peter Parker definitely does not have arachnophobia. Arachnophobia is a fear of what? Hint

Spiders

Cameras

Heights

Police

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Question 7 of 10

7. If you suffer from astraphobia, you might not like to watch the movie "The Avengers"--especially when Thor is in action! Astraphobia is a fear of what? Hint

Mythology

Vikings

Thunder and lighting

Hammers

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Question 8 of 10

8. Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia are all different names for the same phobia. Which phobia is it? (Think: Jason Voorhees.) Hint

Fear of sexual abuse

Fear of drowning

Fear of fire

Fear of Friday the 13th

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of a very specific number. Iron Maiden wrote a song about it. What is this number? Hint

2012

666

777

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Question 10 of 10

10. Papaphobia is another uncommon phobia. I'm pretty sure that Mother Theresa did NOT have it! What fear does papaphobia refer to? Hint

Fear of your father

Fear of the Catholic church

Fear of poor people

Fear of the Pope

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Bruce Wayne had to overcome this phobia before he could become Batman. What is chiroptophobia?

Answer: Fear of bats

Chiroptophobia is a fear or dislike of bats. As a child, young Bruce Wayne from "Batman" fell into a cave full of bats. Bats became his biggest fear but also inspired him to choose the bat as his symbol to fight crime as Batman.

2. In popular culture, vampires are afraid of sunlight. What is the fear of sunlight called?

Answer: Heliophobia

According to legend, vampires suffer from heliophobia, or an aversion to sunlight. As we know, they might burst into flames when exposed to sunlight. Hydrophobia is a fear of water, thermophobia is a fear of heat, and zoophobia is a fear of animals.

3. Luckily actress Drew Barrymore did not have xenophobia as a little girl. What is xenophobia?

Answer: Fear of strangers, foreigners or aliens

Xenophobia is the fear of strangers, foreigners or aliens. Luckily for the alien E.T., the kids in the Spielberg classic "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" did not have it.

4. If you never had coulrophobia, Stephen King's character Pennywise will make sure you get it! What is coulrophobia?

Answer: Fear of clowns

Who can forget Pennywise the Clown in the Stephen King classic "It" (1990)? Coulrophobia is the fear of clowns, and is not limited to evil clowns.

Answer: Nipponophobia

Nipponophobia is the fear or dislike of Japanese people. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, some Americans might have suffered from it.

6. Peter Parker definitely does not have arachnophobia. Arachnophobia is a fear of what?

Answer: Spiders

Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders. Peter Parker is also known as Spider-Man. He got his super powers after he was bitten by a spider.

7. If you suffer from astraphobia, you might not like to watch the movie "The Avengers"--especially when Thor is in action! Astraphobia is a fear of what?

Answer: Thunder and lighting

Thor is the Norse god associated with thunder and lighting. He wields his hammer, Mjolnir, with absolute power. Someone suffering from astraphobia, the fear of thunder and lighting, would not feel very comfortable in his presence!

8. Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia are all different names for the same phobia. Which phobia is it? (Think: Jason Voorhees.)

Answer: Fear of Friday the 13th

Friggatriskaidekaphobia, paraskavedekatriaphobia and paraskevidekatriaphobia all describe the fear of Friday the 13th. Jason Voorhees is the antagonist in the "Friday the 13th" series of horror films.

9. Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of a very specific number. Iron Maiden wrote a song about it. What is this number?

Answer: 666

Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia is the fear of the number 666. The Iron Maiden song I referred to is "Number of the Beast" (1982).

10. Papaphobia is another uncommon phobia. I'm pretty sure that Mother Theresa did NOT have it! What fear does papaphobia refer to?

Answer: Fear of the Pope

Papaphobia is fear of the Pope or of the Roman Catholic Church. Mother Theresa was a devout Catholic, so it's not likely that she had an extreme fear of the Pope!

Source: Author NewBudo

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