Science trivia
Name a disease
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a disease”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 232 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.
- Cancer
- Covid-19
- Flu
- Diabetes
- Malaria
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Chickenpox
- Measles
- Mumps
- Common cold
- AIDS
- Tuberculosis
- Ebola
- Smallpox
- Polio
- Alzheimers
- Parkinsons
- Asthma
- Pneumonia
- Cholera
- Plague
- Leprosy
- Rabies
- Heart disease
- Hepatitis
- Arthritis
- Leukemia
- Dementia
- Lupus
- Dengue
- Typhoid
How deep does “Name a disease” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 25 | 25 |
| The Deep | 72 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 129 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 72 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 129 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 232 answers in total, 85 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ALS”. Longest: “Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever”.
- C, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 80 answers can be typed more than one way: “Colon cancer” counts as Bowel cancer.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 26 of the answers begin with it.
- Cancer, Covid-19 and Flu are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a disease”?
- The usual first answers are Cancer, Covid-19, Flu, Diabetes and Malaria. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a disease”?
- 232 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 72 in The Deep, 129 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a disease” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ALS” and the longest is “Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever”.
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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.
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