Phobias

Phobia Challenge

Test your knowledge about unusual fears and phobias with our engaging quiz! From ice to heights, explore the fascinating world of phobias and see how much you really know.

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A pathological fear of ice and cold goes beyond just hating winter. Sometimes it means being afraid of even touching something like an ice cube. What is the term for this phobia?

Cryophobia

Dendrophobia

Papyrophobia

Thermophobia

According the American Psychiatric Association, there are 4 major specific categories of phobias. Which of the following is NOT one of those categories?

Food

Natural envirement

Situations

Animals

Mayo Clinic describes "agoraphobics" as often feeling "trapped, helpless, or embarrassed". In Ancient Greece, what was an "agora"?

Sailboat

Cave

Bridge

Marketplace

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a fear of long words. How many syllables are in the word Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia?

The acknowledgment of phobias goes way back. In 400 BC, who described a person with certain anxieties as someone who "loves darkness as life" and "thinks every man observes him"?

Aristotle

Eulcid

Hippocrate

Sophocles

Meaning "tongue" in Greek what prefix is added to "phobia" to get a word meaning "fear of public speaking"?

Onomato

Glosso

Caco

Nepho

In 2008, a new term was coined by the UK Post Office to describe someone who has an irrational fear of being without his or her cell phone. What did they call it?

Nomophobia

Technophobia

Pixaphobia

Samsungophobia

If you work as a clown, you probably wouldn't survive long with globophobia, which is the fear of which object that can float?

Sharks

Balloons

Children

Large gatherings

Among the more common phobias in the world is the irrational fear of heights. What is this phobia known as?

Altiphobia

Acrophobia

Aerophobia

Milehighphobia

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