ASCENT

Ascent answers: Monday, 2 November 2026

Climb #17. The seven prompts everyone played, with answers from 2 climbers. In Ascent the most common answer scores least, and the rarest climbs highest.

1. Name a herb or spice

from the spice rack

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Black Pepper
  2. Cinnamon
  3. Ginger
  4. Garlic
  5. Chilli

2. Name a metal on the periodic table

no gases, no carbon, no silicon

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Gold
  2. Iron
  3. Silver
  4. Sodium
  5. Calcium

3. Name a song with a woman's name in its title

Jolene, Roxanne and the rest

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Jolene
  2. Roxanne
  3. Billie Jean
  4. Layla
  5. Sweet Caroline

4. Name a river longer than 1,000 km

about 620 miles

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Nile
  2. Amazon
  3. Mississippi
  4. Yangtze
  5. Ganges

5. Name a film or show about time travel

forwards, backwards or looping

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Back to the Future
  2. The Terminator
  3. Groundhog Day
  4. Doctor Who
  5. Looper

6. Name a country that spans two continents

by land, or with territory on another

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Russia
  2. Turkey
  3. Egypt
  4. Kazakhstan

7. Name an Olympian who's won five or more gold medals

Summer or Winter, any era

Not enough answers yet for real percentages. The answers the game expected to be most common:

  1. Michael Phelps
  2. Usain Bolt
  3. Carl Lewis
  4. Mark Spitz
  5. Simone Biles
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