Science trivia
Name an asteroid
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 106 answers to “Name an asteroid”, and only 5 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.
- Ceres
- Vesta
- Eros
- Bennu
- Apophis
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Pallas
- Juno
- Hygiea
- Ryugu
- Itokawa
- Psyche
- Ida
- Gaspra
- Mathilde
- Lutetia
- Steins
- Didymos
- Dimorphos
- Toutatis
- Icarus
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsCeres · Vesta · Eros
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsPallas · Juno · Hygiea …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss50 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, N, O, P, S and T. The Abyss has 50 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 106 answers in total, 9 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ida”. Longest: “Donaldjohanson”.
- A, D and E are the most common first letters; together they start 25% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Duende” counts as 2012 DA14.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Ceres, Vesta and Eros; everybody says them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name an asteroid”?
- Most people start with Ceres, Vesta, Eros, Bennu and Apophis. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an asteroid”?
- 106 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 50 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an asteroid”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ida” and the longest is “Donaldjohanson”.
- Is “Name an asteroid” 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.
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