Trivia Quiz: Phobias

Everyone's afraid of something ... and for every fear, there's a name! See if you know what the ten terms below refer to ... unless you suffer from testophobia, of course.


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Question 1: Ostraconophobia

 A: Fear of shellfish
 B: Fear of swallowing air
 C: Fear of wind
 D: Fear of flowers

Question 2: Arachibutyrophobia

 A: Fear of gravity
 B: Fear of books
 C: Fear of slime
 D: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth

Question 3: Aulophobia

 A: Fear of hair
 B: Fear of flutes
 C: Fear of time
 D: Fear of going to bed

Question 4: Deciophobia

 A: Fear of trees
 B: Fear of freedom
 C: Fear of daylight
 D: Fear of making decisions

Question 5: Geliophobia

 A: Fear of knowledge
 B: Fear of work
 C: Fear of laughter
 D: Fear of taste

Question 6: Ophthalmophobia

 A: Fear of being infested with worms
 B: Fear of string
 C: Fear of opening one's eyes
 D: Fear of music

Question 7: Geniophobia

 A: Fear of chins
 B: Fear of poetry
 C: Fear of fog
 D: Fear of paper

Question 8: Penteraphobia

 A: Fear of fear
 B: Fear of mothers-in-law
 C: Fear of thinking
 D: Fear of learning

Question 9: Genuphobia

 A: Fear of walking
 B: Fear of knees
 C: Fear of sitting
 D: Fear of the color yellow

Question 10: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

 A: Fear of being trampled by horses
 B: Fear of tall people
 C: Fear of monsters under the bed
 D: Fear of long words