Science trivia
Name a vitamin or dietary mineral
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 35 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.
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Calcium
- Iron
- Vitamin A
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Magnesium
- Zinc
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Vitamin B6
- Folic acid
- Vitamin B
- Iodine
- Biotin
- Niacin
- Thiamine
- Riboflavin
- Selenium
How deep does “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 16 | 25 |
| The Deep | 8 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 5 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 8 answers starting with C, F, M, P and V. The Abyss has 5 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 35 answers in total, 15 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Iron”. Longest: “Pantothenic acid”.
- V, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 57% of the answers.
- 19 answers can be typed more than one way: “B12” counts as Vitamin B12.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with V: 13 of the answers begin with it.
- Vitamin C, Vitamin D and Calcium are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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What the words mean
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral”?
- The usual first answers are Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Calcium, Iron and Vitamin A. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral”?
- 35 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Iron” and the longest is “Pantothenic acid”.
- How hard is “Name a vitamin or dietary mineral”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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