Name an early calculating device or computer
Our answer book holds 43 answers to “Name an early calculating device or computer”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. Most people go straight for Abacus, Calculator or Slide rule, so those barely lift the rocket. It is a fairly short list: only 10 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
The odd entry you read about once tends to score far better than the classroom example. You will find it in stage 27, “Old-School Gadgets”, of the History mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Abacus
- Calculator
- Slide rule
- Mechanical calculator
- Adding machine
- Difference Engine
- Analytical Engine
- ENIAC
- Pascaline
- Antikythera mechanism
- Napier's bones
- Colossus
- Pocket calculator
- Jacquard loom
These are the 14 answers we rate as most common, out of the 43 we know. They score the least. The other 29, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 43 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 8 |
| SOME | 9 |
| A FEW | 10 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 8 |
| ONLY YOU | 2 |
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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