Chemistry trivia
Name a chemist
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 28 answers to “Name a chemist”, and only 3 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Marie Curie
- Dmitri Mendeleev
- Antoine Lavoisier
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- John Dalton
- Robert Boyle
- Linus Pauling
- Alfred Nobel
- Louis Pasteur
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 5 | 25 |
| The Deep | 7 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 12 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 7 answers starting with A, D, F, G, R and S. The Abyss has 12 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 28 answers in total, 28 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ada Yonath”. Longest: “Marie Anne Paulze Lavoisier”.
- A, L and M are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (7). Run through it first.
- Skip Marie Curie, Dmitri Mendeleev and Antoine Lavoisier; everybody says them.
- Named reactions and techniques often carry the chemist’s name.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a chemist”?
- Most people start with Marie Curie, Dmitri Mendeleev and Antoine Lavoisier. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a chemist”?
- 28 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 12 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a chemist”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ada Yonath” and the longest is “Marie Anne Paulze Lavoisier”.
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Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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