Science trivia
Name a famous biologist or naturalist
“Name a famous biologist or naturalist” is one of 69 science prompts in Icillion. Of its 143 accepted answers, 12 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.
- Charles Darwin
- David Attenborough
- Gregor Mendel
- Louis Pasteur
- Jane Goodall
- Carl Linnaeus
- Rachel Carson
- Steve Irwin
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- Richard Dawkins
- Jacques Cousteau
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Aristotle
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Georges Cuvier
- Robert Hooke
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Alexander Fleming
- Robert Koch
- Jonas Salk
- Dian Fossey
- Gerald Durrell
- Chris Packham
- E. O. Wilson
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Francis Crick
- James Watson
- Konrad Lorenz
- John Muir
- John James Audubon
- Henry David Thoreau
- Joseph Banks
- Ernst Haeckel
- Barbara McClintock
- Jared Diamond
- Sylvia Earle
- Lynn Margulis
- Craig Venter
- Ivan Pavlov
- Bill Oddie
- Gilbert White
- Desmond Morris
- Frans de Waal
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsCharles Darwin · David Attenborough · Gregor Mendel
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsAristotle · Thomas Henry Huxley · Jean-Baptiste Lamarck …
- The Deep47 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss51 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 47 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 51 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 143 answers in total, 142 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Asa Gray”. Longest: “Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon”.
- J, A and R are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 69 answers can be typed more than one way: “Von Frisch” counts as Karl von Frisch.
How to go deeper
- Start with J: 21 of the answers begin with it.
- Charles Darwin, David Attenborough and Gregor Mendel 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a famous biologist or naturalist”?
- The usual first answers are Charles Darwin, David Attenborough, Gregor Mendel, Louis Pasteur and Jane Goodall. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous biologist or naturalist”?
- 143 in all: 12 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 47 in The Deep, 51 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous biologist or naturalist” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Asa Gray” and the longest is “Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte de Buffon”.
- How hard is “Name a famous biologist or naturalist”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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