A machine or instrument named after its inventor
Our answer book holds 87 answers to “A machine or instrument named after its inventor”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. Most people go straight for Bunsen burner, Petri dish or Geiger counter, so those barely lift the rocket. It is a fairly short list: only 12 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
What you remember from school is what everyone remembers. The rare answers come from the back of the textbook. You will find it in stage 39, “Lightbulb Moments”, of the Science mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Bunsen burner
- Petri dish
- Geiger counter
- Tesla coil
- Diesel engine
- Ferris wheel
- Saxophone
- Biro
- Jacuzzi
- Zeppelin
- Archimedes screw
- Zamboni
- Newtonian telescope
- Stirling engine
- Wankel engine
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 87 we know. They score the least. The other 72, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 87 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 12 |
| THE CROWD | 14 |
| SOME | 21 |
| A FEW | 28 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 9 |
| ONLY YOU | 3 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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