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Phobia Names

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Instructions: Can you match these unusual phobia names to what they mean?

  1. 1.

    What is 'arachnophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Small spaces
    B
    Water
    C
    Spiders
    D
    Heights
  2. 2.

    What is 'claustrophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Enclosed spaces
    B
    Darkness
    C
    Thunder
    D
    Crowds
  3. 3.

    What is 'acrophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Open spaces
    B
    Heights
    C
    Needles
    D
    Flying
  4. 4.

    What does 'hydrophobia' refer to?

    A
    Fear of blood
    B
    Fear of ice
    C
    Fear of water
    D
    Fear of drowning
  5. 5.

    What is 'cynophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Dogs
    B
    Snakes
    C
    Birds
    D
    Cats
  6. 6.

    What is 'trypanophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Germs
    B
    Surgery
    C
    Holes
    D
    Needles and injections
  7. 7.

    What is 'glossophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Languages
    B
    Gloss or shiny surfaces
    C
    Lips
    D
    Public speaking
  8. 8.

    What is 'nyctophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Cats
    B
    Numbers
    C
    Night or darkness
    D
    Insects
  9. 9.

    What is 'ophidiophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Eyes
    B
    Snakes
    C
    Open spaces
    D
    Doctors
  10. 10.

    What is 'trypophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Loud noises
    B
    Triangles
    C
    Clusters of small holes
    D
    Trying new things
  11. 11.

    What is 'hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia' ironically the fear of?

    A
    Large animals
    B
    Long words
    C
    Hippos
    D
    Monsters
  12. 12.

    What is 'pogonophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Poison
    B
    Beards
    C
    Pogo sticks
    D
    Music
  13. 13.

    What is 'chrometophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Chrome or metal
    B
    Time
    C
    Money
    D
    Colors
  14. 14.

    What is 'ablutophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Blue colors
    B
    Bathing or washing
    C
    Pollution
    D
    Absolutes
  15. 15.

    What is 'nomophobia' the fear of?

    A
    Being without your mobile phone
    B
    Laws and rules
    C
    Names
    D
    Numbers

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