Phobias

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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.

Discover interesting facts and challenge yourself with these highlights:

  • Multiple choice questions
  • Learn about different types of phobias
  • Fun and educational experience
9 Questions2 MinutesCreated by CuriousMind42
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?
15
12
13
14
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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