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- 1Language › Idioms & PhrasesEasyAlfred Hitchcock, master of suspense, said he was frightened of which everyday food?Wrong2.5s0
- 2Language › Languages of the WorldExpertIn 1915, Hittitology's founder Bedrich Hrozny proved Hittite was Indo-European from a sentence about eating bread and drinking what?Wrong4.9s0
- 3Language › Alphabets & ScriptsHardWhen Champollion cracked hieroglyphs in 1822, founding Egyptology, what is he famously said to have done next?Wrong6.4s0
- 4Language › Word OriginsHardHeliophobia is a fear of sunlight. Which garden plant's name means 'turning to the sun'?Right6.8s+93
- 5Language › Word OriginsHardOikophobia once meant fear of home. Which British philosopher gave it a new sense, disdain for one's own culture?Wrong8.7s0
- 6Language › LinguisticsMediumRonald and Nancy Reagan had their Bel Air street number changed from 666 to what?Right2.9s+99
- 7Language › Word OriginsMedium"Anatidaephobia", the fear that a duck is watching you, was invented by which cartoonist?Wrong5.6s0
- 8Language › Word OriginsEasyOology is the study, and once the collecting, of what?Wrong6.0s0
- 9Language › Word OriginsVery hardWhich philosopher coined 'decidophobia', the fear of making decisions, in a 1973 book?Wrong4.3s0
- 10Language › Word OriginsMediumFlies belong to the insect order Diptera. What does the name mean?Wrong10.2s0