An astronomer or sky-watcher from before 1500
“An astronomer or sky-watcher from before 1500” is a question in OnlyClick, and our answer book knows 54 answers to it. Ptolemy, Hipparchus and Aristarchus are what most people type first, so they score the least. It is a fairly short list: only 21 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
The headline names go fast here, so it pays to remember what was catalogued long after them. You will find it in stage 19, “Stargazers Through Time”, of the Cosmos mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Ptolemy
- Hipparchus
- Aristarchus
- Eratosthenes
- Aristotle
- Thales
- Pythagoras
- Hypatia
- Ulugh Beg
- Zhang Heng
- Aryabhata
- Regiomontanus
- Al-Battani
- Al-Sufi
- Al-Khwarizmi
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 54 we know. They score the least. The other 39, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 54 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 5 |
| THE CROWD | 14 |
| SOME | 14 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 15 |
| ONLY YOU | 6 |
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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