Science trivia
Name a famous experiment or thought experiment in science
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 88 answers to “Name a famous experiment or thought experiment in science”, 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.
- Double-slit experiment
- Schrodinger's cat
- Pavlov's dogs
- Milgram experiment
- Gold foil experiment
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Michelson-Morley experiment
- Stanford prison experiment
- Miller-Urey experiment
- Millikan oil drop experiment
- Cavendish experiment
- Mendel's pea plant experiments
- Foucault pendulum
- Pasteur's swan neck flask experiment
- Marshmallow test
- Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth
- Newton's prism experiment
- Franklin's kite experiment
- Hershey-Chase experiment
- Meselson-Stahl experiment
- Bobo doll experiment
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsDouble-slit experiment · Schrodinger's cat · Pavlov's dogs
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsMichelson-Morley experiment · Stanford prison experiment · Miller-Urey experiment …
- The Deep32 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss35 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 32 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and W. The Abyss has 35 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 88 answers in total, 88 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Pavlov's dogs”. Longest: “Kamerlingh Onnes's superconductivity experiment”.
- M, H and L are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 16 answers can be typed more than one way: “Stanford marshmallow experiment” counts as Marshmallow test.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (11). Run through it first.
- Skip Double-slit experiment, Schrodinger's cat and Pavlov's dogs; 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 a famous experiment or thought experiment in science”?
- Most people start with Double-slit experiment, Schrodinger's cat, Pavlov's dogs, Milgram experiment and Gold foil experiment. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous experiment or thought experiment in science”?
- 88 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 32 in The Deep, 35 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous experiment or thought experiment in science”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Pavlov's dogs” and the longest is “Kamerlingh Onnes's superconductivity experiment”.
- Is “Name a famous experiment or thought experiment in science” 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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