Statistics for Greek Words in Common English Usage

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Where India and China are	Asia	79%
Book of countries	Atlas	78%
Revelation 1:8	I am the Alpha and the {Omega}	73%
Irrational fear	Phobia	72%
One's self, as distinct from the id	Ego	66%
Condition marked by breathing difficulty	Asthma	49%
Hot-drink container (Greek: hot)	Thermos	49%
How sentences are constructed	Grammar	46%
The universe	Cosmos	44%
You can call people with one (Greek: voice)	Phone	42%
Specialised cell in the nervous system (Greek: nerve)	Neuron	33%
Confusion, disorder (Greek: primal emptiness)	Chaos	32%
Parallelogram with equal length sides	Rhombus	29%
Spiral	Helix	26%
Sum total of the features and traits that make up a person	Character	23%
The quality of evoking pity or compassion through music, theatre, or life experience	Pathos	20%
Madness, passion, frenzy	Mania	18%
Green vegetable - you eat the shoots of the plant	Asparagus	15%
Fundamental principle, groundwork	Basis	13%
Something you get when recognised for an achievement; Glory	Kudos	6%