Science trivia
Name a piece of medical equipment
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a piece of medical equipment”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 202 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Stethoscope
- Thermometer
- Syringe
- Scalpel
- Wheelchair
- Crutch
- Bandage
- Defibrillator
- Stretcher
- Blood pressure monitor
- Hospital bed
- Oxygen mask
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Needle
- Ventilator
- IV drip
- MRI scanner
- CT scanner
- X-ray machine
- Ultrasound machine
- ECG machine
- Pulse oximeter
- Oxygen tank
- Plaster cast
- Sticking plaster
- Splint
- Sling
- Neck brace
- Surgical mask
- Surgical gloves
- Forceps
- Catheter
- Inhaler
- Nebulizer
- Walking stick
- Zimmer frame
- Hearing aid
- Pacemaker
- Prosthetic limb
- Dialysis machine
- Incubator
- Otoscope
- Reflex hammer
- Tongue depressor
- Glucose meter
- Operating table
- Scissors
- Gown
- Scrubs
- Trolley
- Glasses
- Contact lens
- Brace
- Bedpan
- Suture
- Gauze
- Cotton wool
- Cannula
- Ice pack
- Heating pad
- Pill organizer
How deep does “Name a piece of medical equipment” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsStethoscope · Thermometer · Syringe
- Below the Surface48 answers · 25 ptsNeedle · Ventilator · IV drip …
- The Deep70 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss71 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 70 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and V. The Abyss has 71 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 202 answers in total, 123 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gown”. Longest: “Ventricular assist device”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 79 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hypodermic needle” counts as Needle.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 31 of the answers begin with it.
- Stethoscope, Thermometer and Syringe 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 piece of medical equipment”?
- The usual first answers are Stethoscope, Thermometer, Syringe, Scalpel and Wheelchair. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a piece of medical equipment”?
- 202 in all: 12 on The Tip, 48 Below the Surface, 70 in The Deep, 71 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a piece of medical equipment” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gown” and the longest is “Ventricular assist device”.
- How hard is “Name a piece of medical equipment”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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