Quest for the Longest Word Trivia Quiz

Answer: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a disease of the lungs (45 letters).
Paraminobenzoyldiaethylominoethanolumphydrochloricum - a Chemistry by-product NOT found in the dictionary.
Antidisestablishmentarianism- originally, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, now also opposition to the belief that there should no longer be an official church in a country.
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - a fictional term from the book "Mary Poppins".

According to the dictionary's official stance, "People sometimes ask whether a DNA string can be considered as the longest English word, given that they can run to many thousands of letters. The answer is no: they're regarded as chemical names rather than genuine words in the sense of meaningful items of vocabulary. The same is true of the formal names of chemical compounds. These can be almost unlimited in length (for example, aminoheptafluorocyclotetraphosphonitrile, 40 letters) and many contain numerals, Roman and Greek letters, and other symbols, as well as ordinary letters. We don't tend to regard these terms as proper 'words'."

Answer: floccinaucinihilipilification

Floccinaucinihilipilification, at 29 letters in length, is one letter longer than antidisestablishmentarianism, and it is defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", and, believe it or not, its origins have been traced back to the early 18th century! Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis was found to be the hoax, and the humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua'a is Hawaii's official state fish.

Answer: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu is classified as being a hill in New Zealand. As for Gorsafawddacha'idraigodanheddogleddollônpenrhynareurdraethceredigion and Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch are both place names of areas in the U.K.

Interestingly enough, the former word was brought into existence at 68 letters with the sole purpose of beating the latter 58 lettered word. Finally, Bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk is, indeed, the longest word in the set, at 101 letters in length, but is from James Joyce's novel "Finnegan's Wake".

Answer: False

False. Pepsi came out with this run-on word first, a 100 letter monster ... Lipsmackinthirst quenchinacetastinmotivatingoodbuzzincooltalkinhighwalkinfastlivinevergivincool fizzin. As for McDonald's, they couldn't beat the triple digit lettered word, and could only manage a 71 lettered advertisement for the Big Mac, released in 1975...Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun.

Answer: ethylenediaminetetraacetates

Ethylenediaminetetraacetates is the plural form of a word found in "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition", which was the dictionary of reference in North American Scrabble play for base words of at least 10 letters, although the word is longer than 15 letters, the board's length and width. I have previously mentioned antidisestablishmentarianism, and oxyphenbutazone is the highest scoring word in "Scrabble" play that can be used in a game, as it is 15 letters in length.

The 27 letter term, honorificabilitudinitatibus, was the longest word Shakespeare used in his writings, found in "Love's Labour's Lost".

Answer: True

Believe it or not, the 182 letter behemoth is defined as a Greek dish consisting of 17 ingredients. Who knew, it's all just Greek to me! (Please excuse my pathetic pun).

Answer: sesquipedalianism

Quite an interesting definition of a 17 letter word, if you ask me, and not too ironic, either. Hypolimnion's call to fame is that it is the longest word in the dictionary that one can type using only their right hand.
Also, beleagured is commonly the target of a joke as being the longest word, because there exists a "league" in between the first and last letters. Ha ha.

Answer: strengths

Strengths is a nine letter word, the longest with only one vowel. Tsk-tsking, the participle form of the verb tsk-tsk (meaning to express disapproval) also contains nine letters.

Answer: scraunched

Scraunched is a ten letter word, the longest monosyllabic word.

Answer: facetiously

I hope you enjoyed this, well, peculiar quiz. I bet you learned a thing or two regarding the longest types of words in our language!