Chemistry trivia
Name a medicine
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a medicine”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 146 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.
- Paracetamol
- Ibuprofen
- Aspirin
- Penicillin
The next answers people reach for
These 18 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Insulin
- Amoxicillin
- Morphine
- Codeine
- Cetirizine
- Loratadine
- Omeprazole
- Metformin
- Sildenafil
- Fluoxetine
- Diazepam
- Alprazolam
- Naproxen
- Lisinopril
- Atorvastatin
- Salbutamol
- Epinephrine
- Antibiotics
How deep does “Name a medicine” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 4 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 51 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 72 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with A, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 72 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 146 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Aspirin”. Longest: “Bismuth subsalicylate”.
- A, M and L are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 39 answers can be typed more than one way: “Zyrtec” counts as Cetirizine.
How to go deeper
- Start with A: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Paracetamol, Ibuprofen and Aspirin 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a medicine”?
- The usual first answers are Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Aspirin and Penicillin. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a medicine”?
- 146 in all: 4 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 72 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a medicine” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Aspirin” and the longest is “Bismuth subsalicylate”.
- How hard is “Name a medicine”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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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