Question for:
A millihelen is a measurement of the amount of beauty required to launch one ship, which is 1/1000th the number of ships supposedly launched by Helen of Troy's beauty (as first noted by Christopher Marlowe). What author made the claim in a 1992 book of jokes and limericks (the year he died) that he invented the word back in the early 1940s when he was a graduate student in chemistry?
Clues
Possible QScores
100
81.03
56.33
23.71
Answer Breakdown
| Clues Used | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Submissions | 23 | 54 | 69 | 107 | 253 |
| % of Total | 9.09% | 21.34% | 27.27% | 42.29% | |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Correct | 15 | 48 | 61 | 81 | 205 |
| % of Correct | 7.32% | 23.41% | 29.76% | 39.51% | |
| % of Answers | 5.93% | 18.97% | 24.11% | 32.02% | |
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | |
| Incorrect | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 48 |
| % of Incorrect | 16.67% | 12.5% | 16.67% | 54.17% | |
| % of Answers | 3.16% | 2.37% | 3.16% | 10.28% | |
81.03%
18.97%
90.91%
Most Common Incorrect Answer
| Answer | Count |
|---|---|
| “Bradbury” | 6 |