Science prompt
Name a famous science experiment — Best Krillion Answers
Facing “Name a famous science experiment” 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: Schiehallion experiment — specific, valid, and uncommon enough for Deep Cut or better.
Avoid (Plankton): Mentos and soda experiment, Baking soda volcano — correct, but the crowd's first thought.
One in a Krillion — 100 pts
The rarest valid answers — maximum depth.
Schiehallion experiment · Eratosthenes' shadow experiment
Deep Cut — 85 pts
Extremely rare picks most players miss.
Michelson-Morley experiment · Millikan oil-drop experiment
Rare — 60 pts
Genuinely uncommon — strong scoring.
Rutherford gold-foil experiment · Galileo's leaning tower experiment
Schooler — 30 pts
Known but not top-of-mind.
Pavlov's dog experiment · Stanford prison experiment
Too Clever — 15 pts
A bit too obvious.
Double-slit experiment · Schrodinger's cat
Plankton — 10 pts
The crowd's default — avoid these.
Mentos and soda experiment · Baking soda volcano
How to play this prompt
Strategy notes specific to “Name a famous science experiment” — 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. Schiehallion experiment is a perfect example — completely valid, just not the reflex answer. Michelson-Morley experiment plays the same role as a backup.
Watch out for Mentos and soda experiment. It's valid, but validity isn't the game — rarity is. Baking soda volcano has the same problem: everyone knows it, so everyone types it, so it scores like everyone.
Rutherford gold-foil experiment and Stanford prison experiment 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. Millikan oil-drop experiment, Galileo's leaning tower experiment, and Michelson-Morley experiment 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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