Phobias Quiz

We give you the phobia. You tell us what is feared.

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First submitted	February 3, 2013
Times taken	92,330
Average score	55.6%
Rating	4.34

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Phobia	Fear Of
Arachnophobia	Spiders
Acrophobia	Heights
Triskaidekaphobia	The Number 13
Agoraphobia	Open Spaces
Claustrophobia	Enclosed Spaces
Necrophobia	Death or Corpses
Zoophobia	Animals
Pyrophobia	Fire
Aviophobia	Flying

Phobia	Fear Of
Xenophobia	Foreigners
Androphobia	Men
Gymnophobia	Nudity
Technophobia	Technology
Hydrophobia	Water
Glossophobia	Public Speaking
Hemophobia	Blood
Chorophobia	Dancing
Apiphobia	Bees

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Level 23

Feb 2, 2013

I always seem to think Triskaidekaphobia is a fear of the number 3 :(!

+19

Level 60

Jun 3, 2013

I always think of the "Friends" episode where Ross guessed it was a fear of Triscuits! :-)

Level 45

Jul 18, 2014

I always think of 'Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium', and them screaming 'Triskaidekaphobia' as they jump on beds.

Level 70

Nov 18, 2020

There's a powerful documentary entitled "The Fear of 13".

Part of the way a man wrongly convicted of murder coped with his decades long false imprisonment was reading as much as he could and looking up any unfamiliar words in the dictionary in an effort to educate himself. Triskaidekaphobia was one such word.

The documentary is him telling his story. He does it very well and it's worth a watch.

Level 63

Nov 18, 2020

Deka/deca is ten, think of decameter.

+31

Level 59

Feb 2, 2013

Could you accept just "spider" for "Arachnophobia"?

Level 83

Jun 23, 2014

Level 21

Feb 15, 2015

scorpions are arachnids too. Be enclusive!

Level 65

Oct 6, 2015

Be polite!

Level ∞

Aug 3, 2015

Arachnids and scorpions will work now.

+15

Level 73

Jul 10, 2016

and "man", "height", "foreigner", etc. All countables should take the singular form. After all, this is not a quiz of grammar.

Level 63

Jun 22, 2018

agreed.

Level 15

Feb 2, 2013

Can you add Coulrophobia, fear of clowns?

Level 45

Feb 2, 2013

And maybe ophidiophobia, fear of snakes. Both are more common than many of the phobias on this list.

Level 74

Sep 19, 2014

Or koumpounophobia, the fear of buttons. Seriously, I knew a bloke with this. He was all about the Velcro...

Level 68

Jun 24, 2018

Emetophobia - fear of vomiting. I knew someone with this. So intriguing.

+14

Level 57

Mar 4, 2019

My friend has this. He has anxiety which can sometimes cause nausea, and this makes him more anxious as he is afraid of vomitting, then the added anxiety makes him feel more nauseous and the vicious cycle continues until either the feeling passes or, well, he has to face his fears. Quite an unfortunate combination

Level 72

Feb 2, 2013

The description of the quiz on the main page is the total opposite of its description here (and the reality): "We tell you what is feared, you give us the phobia."

Level 26

Feb 3, 2013

After a whole day the description is still wrong!

+28

Level ∞

Feb 3, 2013

The humanity!

Level 45

Jul 18, 2014

That's great, QM, that's great!

Level 38

Feb 3, 2013

I tried "Dancing" out of desparation / silliness... I really didn't think that would actually be it!

Level 40

Jun 22, 2018

I tried it for gymnophobia after 'exercise' and 'movement' failed...

Level 80

Jun 22, 2018

I tried the same. If you saw my stomach, you'd think I had a fear of going to the Gym.

Level 85

Jun 22, 2018

And now you'll know that gymnastics bears that name because the Greeks practised it naked.

Level 37

Sep 22, 2019

^ Sounds like a made-up name to me.

Level 78

Nov 18, 2020

Actually it's true – 'gymnast' is derived from Greek gumnazein (meaning to ‘exercise naked’).

Level 75

May 27, 2022

Yup! And "gymnasium" means "the place to exercise naked."

Level 65

Apr 24, 2023

"Gymnophobia" is derived from the Greek "gymnos" (naked) and "phobos" (fear).

Level 17

Feb 20, 2013

Got a C-

13/18! Thank you "School of Fear" by Gitty Danshevari! I know random phobias now!

Level 45

Jul 18, 2014

Ooh, I love those!

Level 65

Oct 6, 2015

Theo, Madeleine, Lulu, and Garrison have some of these fears...in a way Theo has all of them.

Level 25

Oct 24, 2014

can you please accept 'height'?

Level 64

Jan 3, 2015

I should have known gymnophobia and androphobia; unfortunately I kept relating gymnophobia to gymnosperms so I put sperm then sex, then out of desperation, working out. For androphobia, I kept trying androgyny...whoops

Level 71

Dec 1, 2020

That's how I figured out it was fear of nudity. I was trying to think of other words with the same root, and finally connected to to gymnosperm, which means naked seed, referring to the absence of an ovary/fruit around the ovule/seed.

Level 44

Jan 14, 2015

I thought Gymnophobia was a fear of exercise or fitness, D'oh

Level 55

Oct 6, 2015

Which is totally valid, IMO haha. I tried those too....

Level 21

Feb 15, 2015

add trypanophobia, fear of needles/injections; brontophobia, fear of thunder/lightning; nyctophobia, fear of darkness; and phobophobia, fear of phobias

Level 77

May 1, 2015

You should accept planes for aviophobia.

Level 51

Aug 17, 2019

Why? It's the flying part

Level 41

Sep 15, 2015

i tried 'foreign people' like a million times and then gave up thinking that I was spelling it wrong or something.. >.

Level 57

Oct 6, 2015

And I thought Glossophobia was a fear of visiting Derbyshire! (English joke)

Level 51

Oct 6, 2015

I thought it was fear of tongues!

Level 74

Oct 19, 2015

Damn you Roger, you beat me to it!

Level 45

Jun 22, 2018

I thought it was fear of decorating

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

I thought it was the fear of glossy magazines.. or shiny stuff..

Level 45

Oct 6, 2015

"Hydrophobia" is not commonly used for the fear of water because the word has long been used as a synonym for rabies. The common English term for fear of water is "aquaphobia" even though it's an etymologically dodgy construction (Latin first half + Greek second half).

Level 70

Oct 6, 2015

I'd have liked to see hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia included in this quiz.

Level 55

Oct 6, 2015

What is that--fear of being run over by a giant hippopotamus? Or fear of being thrown off the saddle when riding a horse? Doing my best with the Latin without looking it up!

Level 75

Oct 7, 2015

A fear of long words. It's kind of a joke one which has made it's way into the language

Level 74

Nov 18, 2020

Nah, just put greekwordphobia, it covers most English speakers.

Level 58

May 27, 2022

My favourite phobia too

Level 75

Oct 6, 2015

I can't believe you omitted the most important one of all - arachibutyrophobia! (Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth.)

Level 31

Oct 6, 2015

I agree

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

I expected it to be here, along with clowns. And something you haer a lot about lately (but forgot the name ) fear of holes. Like when a lot of holes are paired together. I normally dont have it, but I think I know how they feel when I see a certain species of toads that hatch their young IN their backs, under the skin. Looks like a horror movie when they come out..

Level 35

Oct 6, 2015

That's pretty easy for a Greek.

Level 56

Feb 21, 2017

I know, right? 18/18 with 2 mins to spare. It's basically a GR->EN translation quiz.

Level 31

Oct 6, 2015

I thought Haemophobia was spelt wrong; haemophilia; blood condition; It should be spelt differently

Level 56

Oct 6, 2015

English "ae" spellings were regularised in the US to "e" about two hundred years ago. Hemophilia, Hemorrhage, Hematoma are all standard American spellings.

Level 84

Dec 21, 2015

...as is "spelled" rather than "spelt" (unless you're talking about the type of wheat) - though I think that is a more recent adoption.

Level 34

Oct 6, 2015

xenophobia should include fear of other races/

Level 55

Oct 6, 2015

While xenophobia does mean fear of foreign people, it's also used more generally as meaning a fear of the unknown/different/strange/unlike. I tried all of those first before getting more specific. No one else mentioned this yet, however, so I'm not saying the additional answers should be added; I just wanted to mention it.

Level 69

Oct 7, 2015

I agree with you. I tried "unknown" and "strange"

Level 75

Oct 7, 2015

It might be an urban legend but I've heard that Jeremy Vine once encouraged listeners to call into his radio show if they were terrified of their own voice

Level 60

Jan 24, 2016

I find it boggling that THE MOST COMMON FEAR IN THE WORLD is the one of least known answers on this quiz

Level 44

Jan 24, 2016

I tried many different things for aviophobia, and I knew what it was, but plane, planes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, airplane, and airplanes wouldn't work. Out of sheer desperation I tried birds.

Level 79

Jan 24, 2016

Could you please accept 'man' for androphobia?

Level 46

Mar 17, 2016

Wow, I got everything right first time! Including a brilliant guess for Chorophobia.

Level 19

Apr 16, 2016

Needle and sickness phobia's are also common phobia'a. Although I haven't a clue what the medical term is for either of them.

Level 75

Nov 18, 2020

Trypanophobia - just looked it up.

Level 29

Sep 7, 2016

Acrophobia..

Level 44

Feb 17, 2017

Could you accept "fear of animals" for zoophobia?

Level 84

Mar 10, 2017

Glossophobia was the only one I couldn't deduce. Once fear of "shiny paint" didn't work, I knew I was done for.

Level 75

Mar 15, 2017

18/18.... Helps that I speak Greek.

Level 71

Oct 24, 2017

Good quiz, I tried 'Man' and 'Mankind' before 'Men' for 'Androphobia.

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

Mankind would be wrong, it is the fear of adult men, as in males. Not the fear of humans

Level 77

Oct 24, 2017

I said "HEIGHT"! ACCEPT IT!

+12

Level ∞

Jan 4, 2018

NO! BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AN EXTRA 'S' IN THEIR ANSWER BOX AND I'D GET EVEN MORE COMPLAINTS.

Level 56

Jun 26, 2018

I <3 Quizmaster

Level 78

Nov 18, 2020

Good, maybe also disallow 'Tallin' for Tallinn, 'St George' for St George's, 'Kingston' for Kingstown, and 'Sana' for Sanaa?

Level 83

Jun 22, 2018

That would also make it sound like you were afraid of tall people, not being up high (heights)

Level 63

Oct 24, 2017

If androphobia is a thing, surely gynophobia would also be a thing?

Level 38

Jun 22, 2018

I have Necrophobia and Hypochondria and no my life isn't easy. Constantly worrying.

Level 63

Jun 22, 2018

anatidaephobia- the fear of ducks watching you. Look it up, it's a real thing

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

:D I do have that with some other animals, not the fear though, but man I have pigeons (turtledoves) in my tree and ones of them seems obsessed he cant stop staring at me ! Also blackbirds can look at you quite intensly.

And when a dragonfly lands on me it seems like he is keeping an eye on me but it is hard to see due to his multifaceted eyes.

And the jumping spider he is soooo cool, the keep track of you and always move so you stay in its sight, I find them really cute haha

Level 51

Jun 22, 2018

Agoraphobia could mean fear of crowds, not just open places. It literally translates "fear of the market (place)".

Level 87

Jun 22, 2018

trypophobia - Fear of holes in ones body. I have this (google it!)

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

That is the one I meant in an earlier comment. But I believe it is about holes in general, just a lot of them close to eachother, like honeycombs would set them off too

Level 65

Jun 22, 2018

Bloodyhell: only 50% know xenophobia? How could you not in this day and age!

Level 67

Jun 24, 2018

It's just called Trumpism now.

Level 88

Jun 22, 2018

How about luposlipaphobia? The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor.

Level 60

Jun 22, 2018

For xenophobia, you should accept other cultures or even just cultures.

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

no cause xeno means strange/ foreign.. Xenotransplantation is when you get the organ of an animal. it does not really have anything to do with people or culture, it can be foreign cells, things that are alien to the body.

But yes today foreign (really just meaning outside) and alien (meaning other) are words used more in polictics than in any other place.

Level 75

Jun 22, 2018

"Do you think you have pantophobia, Charlie Brown?"

Level 72

Jun 23, 2018

YOu should accept Technologies for Technology. I would also think Computer should be an acceptable answer as that is commonly used as a definition

Level 68

Jun 24, 2018

My kids always choose the number 13 for their football and hockey shirts.

Level 38

Jun 26, 2018

From hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, an extension of sesquipedalian with monstrum ‎(“monster”‎) and a truncated, misspelled form of hippopotamus (intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared),

Level 29

Jun 26, 2018

Got them all.

Well, it helps that I'm Greek! :p

Level 70

Jun 28, 2018

I think gymnophobia should include the fear of gym class. Seriously, how many of us hated changing to our gym clothes in the locker room? (I just hated gym class - period.) And think how great it would sound in a note from Mom: "Please excuse my child from gym class due to his gymnophobia." The kid would be the envy of all his friends! LOL

Level 22

Jul 27, 2018

Me and Dean Winchester have aviophobia in common

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

Dont you mean B.A Baracus? (Mr T.)

Level 65

Jun 18, 2019

Lowest I got is fear of the number 13, highest I missed, fear of men.

Level 88

Dec 31, 2019

I really think a great clue for JetPunk would be

Phobia of being wrong

Atychiphobia

Level 28

May 8, 2020

You should add Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia, the fear of 666

Level 66

Jun 24, 2020

You should add Phobaphobia, the fear of fears.

Level 75

Oct 4, 2020

I feel like apiphobia is pretty rare. Most people afraid of bees are likely allergic to, or don't know whether or not they're allergic to, bees. At that point, it is no longer a phobia because the fear is rational

Level 75

Nov 18, 2020

Hmm, never thought about it like that. So the fact that my daughter has been afraid of bees ever since she was repeatedly stung after driving the lawnmower over a bumblebee nest is a rational fear rather than a phobia? She doesn't even like to go fishing at our pond because we have honeybee hives along the dam. I think at some point her fear becomes irrational or phobic if she allows it to interfere with daily activities, but you still made an interesting point.

Level 24

Nov 6, 2020

Agoraphobia is not just simply a fear of open spaces. It’s going into places with a bunch of people, being up in front of people; places that make someone fear something could go wrong in front of an “audience.”

Level 75

May 27, 2022

From looking it up briefly, it appears that agoraphobia can be about anything that might make a person feel unsafe and unable to find safety. Open spaces are very often related to this because there’s a lack of shelter from anything that might cause anxiety.

Level 75

May 27, 2022

Not necessarily. Agoraphobia is about being somewhere where one feels unsafe, and lacking control. This can mean open spaces, crowds, new/unfamiliar places, public transit, traveling in general, etc. The type of social embarrassment you describe can compound the issue, but isn't a necessary part of it. This is why agoraphobics might be fine with people coming over to their own house (a place they feel safe and in control), but not okay being out alone somewhere unfamiliar.

Level 52

Nov 18, 2020

Erik Satie’s Gymnopedies came in clutch for me. We’re not going to talk about what the rest of the word means.

Level 60

Nov 18, 2020

Please accept the answers without the "S" as in Spider for Spiders and Height for heights. Jetpunk never gave much attention to plurality. And may also accept computer for Technophobia?

Level 71

Nov 18, 2020

What's the phobia of phobias called?

Level 55

Nov 18, 2020

phobophobia

Level 78

Nov 18, 2020

Reminds me of Roger Ebert's review of Friday the 13th where he says: 'In my research I discovered that the scientific name for fear of Friday the 13th is paraskavedekatriaphobia. I envision a new franchise: "Paraskavedekatriaphobia: A New Beginning," "Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Jason Lives," "Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Freddy's Nightmare," etc.'

Level 72

Nov 18, 2020

I tried blood, injury, cuts...

I tried other nations other races for xeno...

not liking having to find such a specific word.

Level 58

Nov 18, 2020

men LOL

Level 68

Nov 18, 2020

as a greek this is very easy for me.

all words have greek etymology

Level 75

Nov 18, 2020

Your comment reminded me of the father in My Big Fat Greek Wedding - such a good movie.

Level 67

Nov 18, 2020

Ak seno! My daughter marrying ak seno!

Level 54

Nov 18, 2020

I tried farming for agoraphobia.

Level 65

Nov 18, 2020

I don't really have any of these, but I do have trypophobia.

Level 52

Nov 19, 2020

I have Agoraphobia. Also Technophobia. But, mind you, not a fear of technology in my case (how do you think I'm typing this comment), but actually a fear of advancing tech. I don't dislike it, I actually fear it.

Level 45

Nov 21, 2020

I'm surprised there is no Ophidiophobia (Fear of snakes), Coulrophobia (Fear of clowns) nor Trypophobia (Fear of holes). All of those are more common then some listed here.

Level 77

Mar 1, 2021

Chorophobia as in choreography. I learned this today. Also Terpsichore, the muse of dance, leading to the adjective terpsichorean..

Level 24

Mar 5, 2021

YOU FORGOT

Tropophobia I have tropophobia Fear of small holes

and cracks weird Designs

Level 75

May 27, 2022

You mean trypophobia? I doubt it's so much that they forgot, and more like there's only so much room on this quiz and many hundreds of phobias.

Level 55

Mar 6, 2021

You forgot Sporcleophobia

Level 58

Oct 18, 2021

Could you please accept "programming interfaces" for apiphobia?

I'm sure, there are a lot of people who are afraid of... what the heck is the plural of api? ... apis? sounds weird...

Level 59

Oct 27, 2021

You forgot a Jetpunkers greatest fear: Quizmasterbanningmephobia and Stewartbanningmephobia

Level 59

Nov 2, 2021

I have kidpoolandhottubphobia. Obviously, it is a fear of pools and hot tubs where little kids tend to camp (kind of hypocritical, speaking that I’m a kid my self). I also have deadbugsinpoolphobia, though I love live bugs and I love swimming. Something about the fact that your just swimming around in somewhere with little bodies is just creepy. That might be also part of my kidpoolandhottubphobia, there’s a lot of bugs in those.

Level 28

May 27, 2022

My love of TV shows got me this quiz; I remembered Triskaidekaphobia from Friends, Agoraphobia from ANT Farm, and Xenophobia from A Series Of Unfortunate Events

Level 71

May 27, 2022

I got gymnophobia because of Arrested Development. Thanks Tobias "Never Nude" Funke!

Level 65

May 27, 2022

It really does feel like cheating if you're Greek ;) Great quiz

Level 72

May 27, 2022

I typed so many things for xenophobia. Other nationalities, other cultures, anything foreign

Just "foreigners" isn't actually...I mean...

Level 70

May 27, 2022

Can you accept "boys" as a type in for androphobia?

Level 61

May 27, 2022

As a Greek, I found this very easy :)

Level 60

Jul 13, 2022

Phobia isn't necessarily a fear, it is also aversion

Level 37

Aug 7, 2022

Really, this is just a test on Latin.

Level 47

Oct 7, 2022

Agoraphobia just makes me think of the brother from benchwarmers.

Level 57

Dec 13, 2022

I personally have thanatophobia or the fear of death.

More specifically the thought of what may come after death. Talking about my fears usually doesn't trigger a reaction but sometimes without warning I just suddenly become very aware of my mortality and barely come out of my room for hours.

Level 15

Apr 19, 2023

Can you maybe add Coulrophobia (fear of clowns) and scotophobic (fear of darkness)? If i'm not mistaking, they are more common than most appeared on the list.

Level 66

Apr 24, 2023

14/18, missed 13, men, bees, dancing

Level 79

Jul 3, 2023

Could 'man' be accepted in lieu of 'men'?

Level 58

Aug 30, 2023

18/18 not bad considering I have no fears

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