Chemistry trivia
Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 10 answers to “Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name”, and only 4 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 4 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Gold
- Iron
- Silver
- Lead
Just below the surface
These 3 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Sodium
- Potassium
- Mercury
How the answers sink
- The Tip4 answers · 10 ptsGold · Iron · Silver
- Below the Surface3 answers · 25 ptsSodium · Potassium · Mercury …
- The Deep1 answer · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss1 answer · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 1 answers starting with T. The Abyss has 1 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 10 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Tin”. Longest: “Potassium”.
- S, T and A are the most common first letters; together they start 50% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (2). Run through it first.
- Skip Gold, Iron and Silver; everybody says them.
- Lab equipment goes far beyond the beaker and the test tube.
Play chemistry trivia nowSee all 10 answers A–Z
Words in this prompt
People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name”?
- Most people start with Gold, Iron, Silver and Lead. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name”?
- 10 in all: 4 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 1 in The Deep, 1 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Tin” and the longest is “Potassium”.
- Is “Name a chemical element whose symbol doesn't start with the first letter of its English name” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
Try another chemistry prompt
- Name a lanthanide
- Name a piece of chemistry laboratory equipment
- Name a polymer
- Name a chemical you might find at home
- Name an acid
- Name a fatty acid
From other topics: Name a type of hat · Name a networking protocol · Name an invention
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.
▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼