What do most people say for “Name a chemical indicator”?

The usual first answers are Litmus, Phenolphthalein and Methyl orange. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a chemical indicator”?

24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 11 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a chemical indicator” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Litmus” and the longest is “Universal indicator”.

Chemistry trivia

Name a chemical indicator

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a chemical indicator”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 24 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Litmus
Phenolphthalein
Methyl orange

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Bromothymol blue
Universal indicator
Methyl red
Starch

How deep does “Name a chemical indicator” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	4	25
The Deep	5	50
The Abyss	11	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 5 answers starting with B, C, P and T. The Abyss has 11 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

24 answers in total, 16 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Litmus”. Longest: “Universal indicator”.
M, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with M: 4 of the answers begin with it.
Litmus, Phenolphthalein and Methyl orange 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 indicator”?: The usual first answers are Litmus, Phenolphthalein and Methyl orange. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a chemical indicator”?: 24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 5 in The Deep, 11 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a chemical indicator” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Litmus” and the longest is “Universal indicator”.

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