Name an invention from the 1800s
Our answer book holds 78 answers to “Name an invention from the 1800s”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. The answers that come to mind first are Telephone, Light bulb and Bicycle. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 20 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Science questions often have a fixed list behind them, so working through it in your head can turn up answers others skip. You will find it in stage 9, “Bright Sparks”, 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- Telephone
- Light bulb
- Bicycle
- Car
- Photograph
- Telegraph
- Typewriter
- Steam locomotive
- Phonograph
- Sewing machine
- Dynamite
- Stethoscope
- Radio
- Motorcycle
- Safety pin
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 78 we know. They score the least. The other 63, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 78 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 11 |
| THE CROWD | 14 |
| SOME | 17 |
| A FEW | 16 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 16 |
| ONLY YOU | 4 |
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.