Daily Dive #80 · Prompt 2 of 7 · October 3, 2026
Krillion answers: “Name a device used to magnify things”
Krillion accepted 202 answers for this prompt: 2 One in a Krillion, 154 Deep Cut, 33 Rare, 5 Schooler and 8 Plankton. The 100-point gem starts with “C” — it is listed first below, followed by every other answer from rarest to most common.
One in a Krillion: Cyclops lens. Rolex added it in 1953 to enlarge the date window.
202 accepted answers
One in a Krillion · 100 pts (2)
- Cyclops lensRolex added it in 1953 to enlarge the date window.
- ZograscopeAn eighteenth-century upgrade for looking at pictures.
Deep Cut · 85 pts (154)
- 4Pi microscope
- Achromatic lens
- Acoustic microscope
- Aerial telescope
- Airborne telescope
- Apochromatic telescope
- Argunov–Cassegrain telescope
- Aspheric lens
- Atomic force microscope
- Balloon-borne telescope
- Barlow lens
- Borescope
- Brewster angle microscope
- Bug viewer
- Capillaroscope
- Cassegrain telescope
- Catadioptric telescope
- Cathetometer
- Cathodoluminescence microscope
- Clip-on magnifier
- Coddington magnifier
- Coin magnifier
- Colposcope
- Comet seeker
- Comparator
- Comparison microscope
- Confocal microscope
- Coudé telescope
- Couder telescope
- Dall–Kirkham telescope
- Dark-field microscope
- Dermatoscope
- Dialyte telescope
- Differential interference contrast microscope
- Dobsonian telescope
- Document examination microscope
- Endomicroscope
- Exoscope
- Extension tube
- Fiber optic microscope
- Field emission microscope
- Field ion microscope
- Field microscope
- Finderscope
- Fingerprint magnifier
- Fluorescence microscope
- Focusing loupe
- Folding magnifier
- Fundus lens
- Galilean telescope
- Gemological microscope
- Graphic telescope
- Graphoscope
- Gregorian telescope
- Guide scope
- Gunsight telescope
- Handheld electronic magnifier
- Headband magnifier
- Helium ion microscope
- Hoffman modulation contrast microscope
- Holographic microscope
- Hyperlens
- Icaroscope
- Implantable miniature telescope
- Infrared microscope
- Infrared telescope
- Inspection magnifier
- Interference microscope
- Inverted microscope
- Keplerian telescope
- Klevtsov–Cassegrain telescope
- Knife-edge scanning microscope
- Lensless microscope
- Light field microscope
- Linen tester
- Lurie–Houghton telescope
- Macro bellows
- Macroscope
- Magnetic resonance force microscope
- Magnetic resonance microscope
- Maksutov–Newtonian telescope
- Measuring microscope
- Medicine bottle magnifier
- Megalethoscope
- Metallurgical microscope
- Microfilm reader
- Multifocal plane microscope
- MUSE microscope
- Nail magnifier
- Neck magnifier
- Neutron microscope
- Newtonian telescope
- Nimrud lens
- Objective lens
- Opaque projector
- Ophthalmoscope
- Otoscope
- Paper microscope
- Petzval telescope
- Pfund telescope
- Phase-contrast microscope
- Phone magnifier
- Photoacoustic microscope
- Photoemission electron microscope
- Photographic enlarger
- Photon scanning tunneling microscope
- Photothermal microscope
- Pocket microscope
- Polarizing microscope
- Prism sight
- Projection microscope
- Quantum microscope
- Raman microscope
- Reflection electron microscope
- Ritchey–Chrétien telescope
- Scanning confocal electron microscope
- Scanning electrochemical microscope
- Scanning helium microscope
- Scanning probe microscope
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- Schiefspiegler
- Schmidt–Newtonian telescope
- Schwarzschild telescope
- Screen magnifier
- Screw-barrel microscope
- Second-harmonic imaging microscope
- Segmented-mirror telescope
- Simple microscope
- Slide viewer
- Slit lamp
- Solar telescope
- Solid immersion lens
- Specular microscope
- Stamp magnifier
- Stand magnifier
- Stanhope lens
- STEAM microscope
- Surface plasmon resonance microscope
- Surgical loupes
- Surgical microscope
- Teleconverter
- Telescopic contact lens
- Telescopic glasses
- Thermomicroscope
- Three-mirror anastigmat
- Toroidal reflector
- Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope
- Tower viewer
- Transit instrument
- Transmission electron microscope
- Video magnifier
- Wearable electronic magnifier
- X-ray microscope
- Zenith telescope
Rare · 60 pts (33)
- Bar magnifier
- Digital microscope
- Document camera
- Endoscope
- Eyepiece
- Film projector
- Fresnel lens
- Illuminated magnifier
- Macro lens
- Magic lantern
- Magnifying lamp
- Magnifying mirror
- Map magnifier
- Monocular
- Opera glasses
- Overhead projector
- Periscope
- Pocket magnifier
- Projector
- Rangefinder
- Reading stone
- Reflecting telescope
- Refracting telescope
- Rifle scope
- Scanning electron microscope
- Slide projector
- Space telescope
- Spotting scope
- Spyglass
- Stereo microscope
- Telephoto lens
- Video projector
- Zoom lens
Schooler · 30 pts (5)
- Camera lens
- Convex lens
- Electron microscope
- Loupe
- Reading glasses
Plankton · 10 pts (8)
- Binoculars
- Camera
- Computer
- Magnifying glass
- Microscope
- Phone
- Tablet
- Telescope
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