Science trivia
Name a type of bacteria
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of bacteria”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 114 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- E. coli
- Salmonella
- Staphylococcus
- Streptococcus
- Lactobacillus
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Listeria
- Clostridium botulinum
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Helicobacter pylori
- Vibrio cholerae
- Yersinia pestis
- Bacillus anthracis
- Campylobacter
- Chlamydia
- Bifidobacterium
- Treponema pallidum
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Legionella
- Clostridium difficile
- MRSA
How deep does “Name a type of bacteria” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsE. coli · Salmonella · Staphylococcus
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsListeria · Clostridium botulinum · Mycobacterium tuberculosis …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss58 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, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 58 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 114 answers in total, 72 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “MRSA”. Longest: “Stenotrophomonas maltophilia”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
- 40 answers can be typed more than one way: “Burkholderia” counts as Burkholderia cepacia.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 17 of the answers begin with it.
- E. coli, Salmonella and Staphylococcus are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- For people, think of the scientists behind a law or a unit you already know.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a type of bacteria”?
- The usual first answers are E. coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Lactobacillus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of bacteria”?
- 114 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 58 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of bacteria” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “MRSA” and the longest is “Stenotrophomonas maltophilia”.
- How hard is “Name a type of bacteria”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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