Chemistry trivia
Name a chemical compound
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a chemical compound”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 39 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Water
- Carbon dioxide
- Sodium chloride
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Ammonia
- Methane
- Glucose
- Ethanol
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Calcium carbonate
- Sodium bicarbonate
How deep does “Name a chemical compound” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 7 | 25 |
| The Deep | 10 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 18 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 10 answers starting with A, B, C, M, N, S and U. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 39 answers in total, 26 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Urea”. Longest: “Xenon hexafluoroplatinate”.
- S, C and A are the most common first letters; together they start 49% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “NaCl” counts as Sodium chloride.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 9 of the answers begin with it.
- Water, Carbon dioxide and Sodium chloride are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Lab equipment goes far beyond the beaker and the test tube.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a chemical compound”?
- The usual first answers are Water, Carbon dioxide and Sodium chloride. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a chemical compound”?
- 39 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 10 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a chemical compound” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Urea” and the longest is “Xenon hexafluoroplatinate”.
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