Culture trivia
Name a sport played with a ball
“Name a sport played with a ball” is one of 60 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 87 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Football
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Baseball
- Volleyball
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Rugby
- American football
- Cricket
- Golf
- Table tennis
- Handball
- Softball
- Water polo
- Polo
- Lacrosse
- Netball
- Bowling
- Dodgeball
- Squash
- Pool
- Snooker
- Beach volleyball
- Field hockey
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 34 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 29 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 34 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, M, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 29 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 87 answers in total, 27 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cuju”. Longest: “Australian rules football”.
- B, C and R are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 12 answers can be typed more than one way: “Eton fives” counts as Fives.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Football, Basketball and Tennis are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a sport played with a ball”?
- The usual first answers are Football, Basketball, Tennis, Baseball and Volleyball. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a sport played with a ball”?
- 87 in all: 5 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 34 in The Deep, 29 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a sport played with a ball” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cuju” and the longest is “Australian rules football”.
- How hard is “Name a sport played with a ball”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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