Something that is billions of years old
Our answer book holds 70 answers to “Something that is billions of years old”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. The answers that come to mind first are Earth, Sun and Moon. They count, but they keep you close to the ground. It is a fairly short list: only 29 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Astronomers name far more things than the news ever mentions, which leaves plenty of room above the crowd. It is one of the tougher questions, the kind kept for the final burn of a daily launch, which counts double.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Earth
- Sun
- Moon
- The universe
- Milky Way
- Stars
- Planets
- Solar System
- Meteorites
- Asteroids
- Comets
- Mars
- Mercury
- Venus
These are the 14 answers we rate as most common, out of the 70 we know. They score the least. The other 56, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 70 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 8 |
| SOME | 12 |
| A FEW | 15 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 25 |
| 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.
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