Science trivia
Name a part of the human body
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a part of the human body”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 109 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.
- Head
- Arm
- Leg
- Hand
- Foot
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Eye
- Nose
- Mouth
- Ear
- Finger
- Toe
- Knee
- Elbow
- Shoulder
- Neck
- Back
- Stomach
- Chest
- Hair
- Heart
- Brain
- Tongue
- Tooth
- Lip
- Skin
How deep does “Name a part of the human body” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 43 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 43 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 109 answers in total, 6 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Arm”. Longest: “Achilles tendon”.
- T, S and E are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 20 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tailbone” counts as Coccyx.
Getting below the surface
- Start with T: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Head, Arm and Leg are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a part of the human body”?
- The usual first answers are Head, Arm, Leg, Hand and Foot. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a part of the human body”?
- 109 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 43 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a part of the human body” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Arm” and the longest is “Achilles tendon”.
- How hard is “Name a part of the human body”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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