What do most people say for “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature”?

The usual first answers are Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature”?

11 in all: 3 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 2 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Neon” and the longest is “Nitrogen”.

Chemistry trivia

Name an element that is a gas at room temperature

“Name an element that is a gas at room temperature” is one of 27 chemistry prompts in Icillion. Of its 11 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Oxygen
Nitrogen
Hydrogen

One step down

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Helium
Neon
Argon

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	3	25
The Deep	2	50
The Abyss	2	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 2 answers starting with C and F. The Abyss has 2 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

11 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
Shortest: “Neon”. Longest: “Nitrogen”.
H, N and A are the most common first letters; together they start 45% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with H: 2 of the answers begin with it.
Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Lab equipment goes far beyond the beaker and the test tube.

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What the words mean

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature”?: The usual first answers are Oxygen, Nitrogen and Hydrogen. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature”?: 11 in all: 3 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 2 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name an element that is a gas at room temperature” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Neon” and the longest is “Nitrogen”.

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