Kabloom #10 explained

Wed, Nov 4 · Famous people. Spoiler: this page shows the answers.

Seven questions, never the same answer twice. The early ones have plenty of right answers, but nearly everyone gives the same one. Later on, that answer is exactly the one you need.

The questions

1. 1Name a famous scientist.

   1,199 right answers, like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Marie Curie and more. Most people say Albert Einstein.

2. 2Name a female scientist.

   83 right answers, like Marie Curie, Rosalind Franklin, Ada Lovelace, Jane Goodall and more. Most people say Marie Curie.

3. 3Name someone famous for an equation or formula.

   20 right answers, like Albert Einstein, Pythagoras, Isaac Newton, James Clerk Maxwell and more. Most people say Albert Einstein, but most of them already gave it to question 1.

4. 4Name someone with a chemical element named after them.

   15 right answers, like Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, Dmitri Mendeleev and more. Most people say Albert Einstein, but most of them already gave it to question 1.

5. 5Name someone who won two Nobel Prizes.

   5 right answers, like Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen, Frederick Sanger and more. Most people say Marie Curie, but most of them already gave it to question 2.

6. 6Name a real scientist played by an actor in the film Oppenheimer (not Oppenheimer himself).

   12 right answers, like Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Edward Teller and more. Most people say Albert Einstein, but most of them already gave it to question 1.

7. 7Name the scientist behind the theory of relativity.

   Only one right answer: Albert Einstein. Most people say Albert Einstein, but most of them already gave it to question 1.

One way to get all seven

1. Isaac Newton for “A famous scientist”
2. Rosalind Franklin for “A female scientist”
3. Pythagoras for “Famous for an equation”
4. Dmitri Mendeleev for “Has an element”
5. Marie Curie for “Two Nobel Prizes”
6. Niels Bohr for “A scientist in Oppenheimer”
7. Albert Einstein for “Theory of relativity”

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