What do most people say for “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?

The usual first answers are Noble gases, Halogens and Alkali metals. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?

63 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 15 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a group or family of the periodic table” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Metals” and the longest is “Post-transition metals”.

How hard is “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?

Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

Chemistry trivia

Name a group or family of the periodic table

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a group or family of the periodic table”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 63 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.

Noble gases
Halogens
Alkali metals

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Alkaline earth metals
Transition metals
Lanthanides
Actinides
Metalloids
Group 1
Group 18

How deep does “Name a group or family of the periodic table” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	7	25
The Deep	15	50
The Abyss	37	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 15 answers starting with B, C, G, H, M, N, O, P and R. The Abyss has 37 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

63 answers in total, 47 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Metals”. Longest: “Post-transition metals”.
G, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 48% of the answers.
7 answers can be typed more than one way: “Platinum group” counts as Platinum group metals.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with G: 18 of the answers begin with it.
Noble gases, Halogens and Alkali metals are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Use the periodic table: groups and rows you rarely think about are full of rare answers.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?: The usual first answers are Noble gases, Halogens and Alkali metals. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?: 63 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 15 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a group or family of the periodic table” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Metals” and the longest is “Post-transition metals”.
How hard is “Name a group or family of the periodic table”?: Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

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