Science trivia
Name a woman scientist
105 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Marie Curie
- Rosalind Franklin
- Jane Goodall
- Rachel Carson
- Lise Meitner
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Dian Fossey
- Barbara McClintock
- Chien-Shiung Wu
- Caroline Herschel
- Vera Rubin
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell
- Dorothy Hodgkin
- Irene Joliot-Curie
- Sally Ride
- Mary Anning
- Jennifer Doudna
- Emmanuelle Charpentier
- Grace Hopper
- Mary Leakey
- Henrietta Leavitt
The iceberg for “Name a woman scientist”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMarie Curie · Rosalind Franklin · Jane Goodall
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsDian Fossey · Barbara McClintock · Chien-Shiung Wu …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss49 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 49 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 105 answers in total, 105 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Jane Luu”. Longest: “Christiane Nusslein-Volhard”.
- M, E and A are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 6 answers can be typed more than one way: “Goodall” counts as Jane Goodall.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin and Jane Goodall; everybody says them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a woman scientist”?
- Most people start with Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Jane Goodall, Rachel Carson and Lise Meitner. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a woman scientist”?
- 105 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 49 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a woman scientist”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Jane Luu” and the longest is “Christiane Nusslein-Volhard”.
- Is “Name a woman scientist” 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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