Name an invention from before the year 1500
“Name an invention from before the year 1500” is a question in OnlyClick, and our answer book knows 94 answers to it. The answers that come to mind first are Wheel, Printing press and Paper. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 24 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 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- Wheel
- Printing press
- Paper
- Gunpowder
- Compass
- Writing
- Plough
- Coins
- Spectacles
- Mechanical clock
- Alphabet
- Windmill
- Sundial
- Watermill
- Abacus
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 94 we know. They score the least. The other 79, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 94 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 13 |
| THE CROWD | 17 |
| SOME | 20 |
| A FEW | 20 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 19 |
| ONLY YOU | 5 |
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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