Name an old way of telling the time
How many answers can you give to “Name an old way of telling the time”? OnlyClick knows 39 of them, and rewards the ones other people miss. The answers that come to mind first are Sundial, Hourglass and Water clock. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 10 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
The first thing you see in your mind is what everybody sees. Look behind it, or at the back of the cupboard. 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- Sundial
- Hourglass
- Water clock
- Sun
- Candle clock
- Pocket watch
- Pendulum clock
- Mechanical clock
- Church bells
- Cuckoo clock
- Alarm clock
- Clock tower
These are the 12 answers we rate as most common, out of the 39 we know. They score the least. The other 27, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 39 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 5 |
| THE CROWD | 7 |
| SOME | 8 |
| A FEW | 9 |
| 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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