Quiztime Phobias Quiz
1. Which of the following is at the heart of the UK’s most common phobia. A: Cancer B: Flying C: Spiders or D: Dentists?
C: Spiders
2. If you suffer from ‘demo-phobia’ of what are you afraid?
Crowds
3. Hippophobia is the fear of what?
Horses
4. Photophobia is the fear of what?
Light
5. Which phobia is a fear of foreign things, individuals or groups?
Xenophobia
6. Which of the following phobias does Madonna suffer from: Spiders, thunder, or men?
Thunder
7. What is Nebulaphobia the fear of?
Fog
8. Which smelly phobia is Alliumphobia the fear of?
Garlic
9. What do we call the fear of death?
Necrophobia
10. Bromidrosiphobia is the fear of what type of smells?
Body
11. What do we call the fear of gaining weight?
Obesophobia
12. Coulrophobia is the fear of something funny. What?
Clowns
13. What is coimetrophobia (coi-met-o-phobia) the fear of - Unconsiousness, Cemeteries or Caves?
Cemeteries
14. Somniphobia is the fear of?
Sleep
15. Mnemophobia is the fear of?
Memories
16. Papaphobia is the fear of which person?
The Pope
17. What is Ranidaphobia the fear of?
Frogs
18. Toxiphobia is the fear of?
Poisons
19. Xerophobia is not the fear of photocopiers. Starting with D, what is it the fear of?
Dryness
20. Cyber phobia is the fear of what?
Fear of computers
21. Thomas Edison had a phobia, what was it?
The Dark
22. Xanthophobia is the fear of which color?
Yellow
23. Nosophobia is the fear of what?
Disease
24. Zoophobia is the fear of?
Animals
25. What is the fear of vomiting?
Emetophobia
26. What kind of weather does an astraphobic person fear?
Lightning
27. Frigophobia is the fear of?
Cold
28. What is the fear of rape called?
Virginitophobia
29. Galeophobia and Gatophobia and Ailurophobia are all names for the fear of what?
Cats
30. Wiccaphobia is the fear of?
Witches
31. What is ichthyophobia the fear of which creatures?
Fish
32. What number does a triskaidekaphobic person fear?
Thirteen
33. Kleptophobia is the fear of?
Stealing
34. What is mysophobia the fear of?
Dirt
35. Limnophobia is the fear of which type of water?
Lakes
36. Is autophobia the fear of being alone, the fear of cars or the fear of being dirty?
Being Alone
37. Is methyphobia the fear of poetry, the fear of alcohol or the fear of being tied up?
Alcohol
38. Uranophobia is the fear of?
Heaven
39. Hadephobia is the fear of?
Hell
40. If you suffered from sesquipededaliophobia (ses-quip-i-dead-ali-o-phobia), which of these would you be afraid of, is it: long words, electricity, cracks in the pavement or flushing toilets?
Long words
