Science trivia
Name a unit of length
58 answers count for this science prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 8 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Metre
- Foot
- Inch
- Mile
- Yard
- Kilometre
- Centimetre
- Millimetre
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Light-year
- Furlong
- Fathom
- League
- Cubit
- Chain
- Rod
- Hand
- Parsec
- Angstrom
- Nautical mile
- Micron
- Nanometre
- Astronomical unit
The iceberg for “Name a unit of length”
- The Tip8 answers · 10 ptsMetre · Foot · Inch
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsLight-year · Furlong · Fathom …
- The Deep17 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss18 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 17 answers starting with B, D, E, F, H, K, L, P, S and T. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 58 answers in total, 5 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Li”. Longest: “Astronomical unit”.
- L, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 15 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pole” counts as Rod.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with L than with any other letter (7). Run through it first.
- Skip Metre, Foot and Inch; everybody says them.
- Count the small ones: tiny bones, minor moons and lesser-known particles are rare answers.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a unit of length”?
- Most people start with Metre, Foot, Inch, Mile and Yard. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a unit of length”?
- 58 in all: 8 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 17 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a unit of length”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Li” and the longest is “Astronomical unit”.
- Is “Name a unit of length” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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