I scare easily. I won't go on roller coasters unless they are in a Disney theme park. I won't watch scary movies. I'm, frankly, even terrified of movie theaters themselves. I abhor cockroaches and literally run away from them. (I don't really mind spiders or snakes though. Who would have thunk it?) I am also scared of certain rooms in my house. My house that was built in 1986 and is not old and therefore not haunted. This place is creepy as hell. Lights randomly go on and off in the middle of the night and everything creaks. I am a huge wuss. That is why, for today's quiz, you'll be tested on crazy phobias. Because my kenophobia (fear of voids or empty spaces) isn't really as kooky as many of those out there.
First I'll give you the stupid, inane fear, and then I'll give you a choice from four different phobias. Since all the words are funny, I'll define the other phobias as well. So really, each question has four different questions to it. If you really want to kill a lot of time at work today... Thanks to http://www.phobialist.com/.
1. A fear of sitting down
a. Kainolophobia
b. Kakorrhaphiophobia
c. Katagelophobia
d. Kathisophobia
Correct answer: d. Kathisophobia. A kathisophobic would have trouble in the above bathroom.
a. Kainolophobia: fear of anything new
b. Kakorrhaphiophobia: fear of failure or defeat
c. Katagelophobia: fear of ridicule
2. A fear of being tickled by feathers
a. Pupaphobia
b. Pteronophobia
c. Pteromerhanophobia
d. Psychrophobia
fyi, there are so many creepy feather/tickle videos on youtube. and google imaging feathers is also wayy more dirty than i expected. this photo did have the scariest feathers though.
Correct answer: b. Pteronophobia
a. Pupaphobia: fear of puppets
c. Pteromerhanophobia: fear of flying
d. Psychrophobia: fear of cold
3. Fear of the great mole rat
a. Zelophobia
b. Zeusophobia
c. Zemmiphobia
d. Zoophobia
ew. I totally understand this phobia now.
Correct answer: c. Zemmiphobia
a. Zelophobia: fear of jealousy
b. Zeusophobia: fear of God or gods
d. Zoophobia: fear of animals. Please call Congressman Jim Ramstad at (202) 225-2871 and tell him about his clear case of Zoophobia.
4. Fear of gaiety (and I'm pretty sure we're not talking about Rosie O'Donnell (whose website is hella lame) or Ellen Degeneres. Who I think is one of the funniest women alive. And had the following video on her show today of this cat who would not drop this feather duster.)
a. Cherophobia
b. Chinophobia
c. Chirophobia
d. Chorophobia
Correct answer: a. Cherophobia
b. Chinophobia: fear of snow
c. Chirophobia: fear of hands
d. Chorophobia: fear of dancing
5. Fear of opinions
a. Alliumphobia
b. Albuminurophobia
c. Agyrophobia
d. Allodoxaphobia
Correct answer: d. Allodoxaphobia
a. Alliumphobia: fear of garlic
b. Albuminurophobia: fear of kidney disease
c. Agyrophobia: fear of streets or crossing the street
6. Fear of the figure 8
a. Oneirogmophobia
b. Oneirophobia
c. Octophobia
d. Oenophobia
Correct answer: c. Octophobia (that was a hard one.)
a. Oneirogmophobia: fear of wet dreams. I was going to do this one, but figured searching on google images for a pic would be super gross.
b. Oneirophobia: fear of dreams
d. Oenophobia: fear of wines
7. Fear of justice
a. Dishabiliophobia
b. Dikephobia
c. Dipsophobia
d. Dinophobia
Correct answer: b. Dikephobia
a. Dishabiliophobia: fear of undressing in front of someone
c. Dipsophobia: fear of drinking (overcoming this fear will probably help you overcome dishabiliophobia too.)
d. Dinophobia: Fear of dizziness or whirlpools
Ok, I know you've seen these, but peaches and pickles? Yes. And they weren't even on The Phobia List.
Emily's Trivia Quiz runs Fridays at 9:00 a.m. and usually isn't this scary.
Hooray Greek and Latin roots!
Posted by: D.C. | August 10, 2007 at 01:52 PM
Great mole rat now officially added to the list of things I am scared of
Posted by: Lauren | August 12, 2007 at 10:57 PM