Science prompt
Name a famous female scientist — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a famous female scientist” in a dive? Here is how to think rare: the best picks, the safe backups, and the crowd defaults to avoid. Every answer below is real and valid — rarity decides the tier.
Best rare pick: Chien-Shiung Wu — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Marie Curie, Florence Nightingale — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Chien-Shiung Wu · Vera Rubin
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Rosalind Franklin · Barbara McClintock
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Dorothy Hodgkin · Katherine Johnson
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Jane Goodall · Rachel Carson
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Ada Lovelace · Grace Hopper
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Marie Curie · Florence Nightingale
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a famous female scientist” — not generic advice.
Science prompts reward precision — the vague version of your answer is common, the exact term is rare.
The winning instinct on this one: skip your first thought entirely and type your second. Chien-Shiung Wu is a perfect example — completely valid, just not the reflex answer. Rosalind Franklin plays the same role as a backup.
The trap is Marie Curie — correct, but it's the reflex answer for a reason: it's the first thing the category suggests. Florence Nightingale is the same story. Typing either one puts you shoulder-to-shoulder with most of the player base at 10 points.
Dorothy Hodgkin and Rachel Carson are the honest middle of this prompt — answers most players know but few type first. If your instinct answer feels too easy, reach for this layer instead of the obvious.
Think in clusters, not singles. Barbara McClintock, Katherine Johnson, and Rosalind Franklin sit in the same rarity band — knowing one should unlock the others when the clock is running.
Rated 4/5 difficulty — only 12 banked answers, so matching the bank is genuinely hard. Precision matters more than speed here.
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