Quiz

The F-word quiz

Fifteen questions drawn from this site. Answers are checked on the page; nothing is sent anywhere.

1. What is the earliest secure record of the word? A Chester court roll of 1310 The Domesday Book Chaucer's Canterbury Tales A letter of Henry VIII

2. Which of these is the true origin of the word? An acronym granted by the king A Germanic word of uncertain origin Latin futuere A Norman French import

3. Who first said it on British television? Peter Cook Kenneth Tynan Johnny Rotten Billy Connolly

4. In what year did the Oxford English Dictionary first print the word? 1884 1933 1972 1989

5. Which is correctly infixed? Ab-fucking-solutely Absolute-fucking-ly Abso-fucking-lutely Absol-fucking-utely

6. The Bristol monk's 1528 note "O d fuckin Abbot" is the earliest example of what? The word in a dictionary "Fucking" as an insult The word in Latin The word on a tombstone

7. How many times did the prosecution count the word in Lady Chatterley's Lover? 3 30 300 3,000

8. Which US court case involved a jacket reading "Fuck the Draft"? Cohen v. California FCC v. Pacifica Iancu v. Brunetti Miller v. California

9. What did the Austrian village of Fucking rename itself in 2021? Focking Fugging Fukking It kept the name

10. Which film is usually credited with the most uses of the word? The Wolf of Wall Street Scarface Swearnet: The Movie Goodfellas

11. What did the Keele University ice-water study find? Swearing made pain worse Swearing had no effect Swearing increased pain tolerance Only made-up words helped

12. Which is NOT descended from Latin futuere? French foutre Spanish joder German ficken Italian fottere

13. What was a "windfucker"? A sailor A kestrel A windmill A type of kite

14. In Ofcom's research the word is rated as: Mild Medium Strong Strongest

15. Which band's "Killing in the Name" was UK Christmas number one in 2009? Nirvana Rage Against the Machine Sex Pistols Green Day