science trivia
Science Trivia
Name an element, a body, or a unit. The rarest correct answer scores the most.
Category round
Today's round
- Prompts
- –
- Streak
- –
- Best
- –
Before you play
- Rarer answers score more, from 5 to 100.
- 25 seconds on the clock. A miss costs 1 second.
- Spotlight doubles one prompt, and only when you score.
Prompt
Loading prompt
Doubles one prompt this round. Tap again to cancel. A miss does not spend it.
Tier meter
Rarest answers
Most common answers
Your answer sits between these two lists.
Round complete
Rarest Answer
Total points
0
The rarest correct answer wins.
- Common 5 0
- Familiar 10 0
- Uncommon 20 0
- Rare 40 0
- Epic 70 0
- Legendary 100 0
- Passed 0
Share text
What science trivia is here
Science trivia asks you to name a thing in the field: an element, a body in the sky, a unit, a scientist, a species of particle. The textbook example is the one the clock will tempt you to type. The name from a footnote is the one that scores. Rounds on this page use science prompts only, under the same 25-second clock you can switch off before you start.
Science trivia prompts
32 science trivia prompts are in the catalog.
A science prompt ranks accepted names. It does not decide which fact is more true.
Each link opens that prompt's ranked answers, rarest first. The full index is on rarest answers .
- Name a chemical element 118 answers
- Name a data structure 129 answers
- Name a Fields medalist 68 answers
- Name a galaxy in the Local Group 17 answers
- Name a gemstone 40 answers
- Name a hormone 34 answers
- Name a human bone 68 answers
- Name a human chromosome 22 answers
- Name a lanthanide 15 answers
- Name a metamorphic rock 31 answers
- Name a moon of Jupiter 85 answers
- Name a moon of Neptune 16 answers
- Name a moon of Saturn 155 answers
- Name a moon of Uranus 29 answers
- Name a Nobel laureate in Chemistry 200 answers
- Name a Nobel laureate in Physics 230 answers
- Name a Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine 235 answers
- Name a planet or dwarf planet 13 answers
- Name a programming language created before 1980 169 answers
- Name a sedimentary rock 39 answers
- Name a sorting algorithm 39 answers
- Name a space station 15 answers
- Name a space telescope 147 answers
- Name a tectonic plate 78 answers
- Name a transition metal 38 answers
- Name a Turing Award winner 79 answers
- Name an actinide 15 answers
- Name an Apollo program mission 15 answers
- Name an elementary particle 39 answers
- Name an igneous rock 31 answers
- Name an SI prefix 24 answers
- Name an SI unit 29 answers
How rarity is measured
Rarity is a rank inside one prompt. A name is common or legendary only beside the other accepted answers on that prompt. When the source names Wikipedia, the answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0) and monthly English Wikipedia pageviews set the rank. More views means a lower tier. When the source names Wiktionary, the rank uses monthly English Wiktionary pageviews. Any other source is placeholder popularity, not a live pageview count. Every prompt in this list records a pageview source: "Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10)".
Scoring tiers
| Tier | What it means | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Common | Most players will say it | 5 |
| Familiar | Widely known | 10 |
| Uncommon | A solid, less obvious pick | 20 |
| Rare | Specialist knowledge | 40 |
| Epic | Few people land here | 70 |
| Legendary | Among the least known answers on this prompt | 100 |
Tips for this round
Science Trivia uses the same six tiers and the same Spotlight as the daily Rarest Answer game. Skip the famous legal name when you have a more specific one, and do not leave the set. The finding guide and the strategy guide are the long version.
Not a Krillion mode
Science Trivia is a Rarest Answer category, not a Krillion mode. Krillion is a separate game. The Krillion page says what this site could verify, and the games-like-Krillion page sets it next to other daily games.
Other rounds
Science Trivia questions
What is science trivia in the Rarest Answer game?
You name something the prompt accepts, such as an element, a body, or a unit. The rarest correct answer scores the most. You can turn the 25-second timer off before the round. A science round does not move the daily streak.
Is a truer fact a rarer answer?
No. Accepted answers are all treated as correct. The rank is which name is less familiar inside that list, not which statement is more scientific.