Etymology Quizzes

Take a Random Etymology Quiz
We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
Such as a Rubik's ____ or Ferris _____.
Difficulty level: hard. We describe the origin of the country name. You guess the country.
Can you name the cities that are served by these airports named for people?
We describe the origin of the name. You guess the capital city.
Name these objects that are named for their inventors.
Fill the blanks in these things that are named after people.
Can you guess these places that were named after people?
Fill the blanks in these things from science and math that are named after people.
Can you guess these U.S. state capitals based on how they got their name?
Can you guess these U.S. cities based on what they are named for?
Filter
TakenQuiz
124,475 Things Named For People #1
110,491 Country Name Etymologies #1
54,971 Country Name Etymologies #2
49,237 Airports Named for People #1
47,295 Things Named For People #2 - U.S. Centric
45,983 Things Named for Inventors
45,047 Capital City Etymologies
44,175 Places Named for People
36,179 Foods Named for Places
36,037 Things Named For People #3 - Science
24,045 U.S. State Capital Etymology
19,054 U.S. City Name Etymologies
14,726 Countries by Alternate Etymology
12,339 Airports Named for People #2
9,922 U.S. States by Alternate Etymology
9,663 Words Invented by Specific People
2,143Country Name Etymology
1,532Countries Named After People
1,524African Countries by Etymology
1,215Country Name Etymology 2
1,138Etymologies of countries (picture quiz)
1,117Capital Cities Named After People
989U.S. Cities named after UK cities
965Countries Named After Cities
912North American Countries by Etymology
845Etymologies of U.S. States (picture quiz)
820Band Name Etymology
797Element Etymologies: Places
777European Countries' Etymology
679More Airports Named for People
446Female First Name Etymology
432Country Name Etymology: Now with extra clue!
404European Capital Cities with Greek or Roman Etymology
361State Etymology #1
352Ten World Capitals Named for People
333Male First Name Etymology
328Capital city etymologies
309Country and Place Name Etymology Fun Times Quiz
292English Word Etymologies
261State Etymology #2
258Capital city etymologies
243US States Named for Rivers
230Country names by etymology (meaning) of native name
230State Etymology #3
222US State Etymologies
21350 Airports Named for People
210Germanic or Romance etymology #1: To see
204Etymologies of elements (picture quiz)
198All Megacities By Etymology
180Things Named for Places
158Germanic or Romance etymology #3: Fruits
153Country Names from their Etymology
147Airports Named After People - Difficult
138Company Name Etymologies
134Country Etymologys
132Canadian City Etymologies
127Etymology of US states and territories
114Portmanteau True or False
104Germanic or Romance etymology #2: To say
94Fake Etymologies
75Personal Names for European Airports
73U.S. Commercial Airports Named for People #1
72Capital Cities by Alternate Etymology
50Personal Names for Asian Airports
49Canadian Provincial and Territorial Name Etymologies
Parent Directories