Science trivia
Name a medical specialty or type of doctor
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 116 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.
- General practice
- Cardiology
- Pediatrics
- Dermatology
- Neurology
- Psychiatry
- Oncology
- Surgery
- Gynecology
- Orthopedics
- Dentistry
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Ophthalmology
- Radiology
- Anesthesiology
- Emergency medicine
- Urology
- Gastroenterology
- Endocrinology
- ENT
- Pathology
- Obstetrics
- Pulmonology
- Nephrology
- Rheumatology
- Hematology
- Immunology
- Allergy
- Geriatrics
- Neonatology
- Plastic surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Internal medicine
- Optometry
- Podiatry
- Psychology
- Cardiac surgery
- Infectious disease
- Intensive care
- Orthodontics
- Palliative care
- Public health
- Sports medicine
How deep does “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor” go?
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsGeneral practice · Cardiology · Pediatrics
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsOphthalmology · Radiology · Anesthesiology …
- The Deep34 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss39 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 34 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, H, I, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and V. The Abyss has 39 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 116 answers in total, 61 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ENT”. Longest: “Interventional cardiology”.
- P, O and C are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 99 answers can be typed more than one way: “Child and adolescent psychiatry” counts as Child psychiatry.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- General practice, Cardiology and Pediatrics 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor”?
- The usual first answers are General practice, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Dermatology and Neurology. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor”?
- 116 in all: 11 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 34 in The Deep, 39 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ENT” and the longest is “Interventional cardiology”.
- How hard is “Name a medical specialty or type of doctor”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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