Culture trivia
Name a type of bridge
“Name a type of bridge” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 77 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Suspension bridge
- Drawbridge
- Footbridge
- Bascule bridge
- Swing bridge
- Arch bridge
- Rope bridge
One step down
These 39 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cantilever bridge
- Beam bridge
- Girder bridge
- Truss bridge
- Cable-stayed bridge
- Pontoon bridge
- Floating bridge
- Bailey bridge
- Covered bridge
- Stone bridge
- Packhorse bridge
- Viaduct
- Aqueduct
- Flyover
- Overpass
- Underpass
- Railway bridge
- Road bridge
- Toll bridge
- Humpback bridge
- Humpbacked bridge
- Lift bridge
- Vertical-lift bridge
- Retractable bridge
- Transporter bridge
- Tilt bridge
- Rolling bridge
- Moveable bridge
- Movable bridge
- Folding bridge
- Curling bridge
- Living root bridge
- Bridge of Sighs
- Rialto Bridge
- Ponte Vecchio
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Tower Bridge
- Sydney Harbour Bridge
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSuspension bridge · Drawbridge · Footbridge
- Below the Surface39 answers · 25 ptsCantilever bridge · Beam bridge · Girder bridge …
- The Deep20 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 20 answers starting with B, C, F, G, H, I, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 77 answers in total, 68 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Brunel”. Longest: “Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge”.
- R, S and T are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Runcorn-Widnes Bridge” counts as Runcorn–Widnes Bridge.
Getting below the surface
- Start with R: 9 of the answers begin with it.
- Suspension bridge, Drawbridge and Footbridge are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of bridge”?
- The usual first answers are Suspension bridge, Drawbridge, Footbridge, Bascule bridge and Swing bridge. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of bridge”?
- 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 39 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of bridge” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Brunel” and the longest is “Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge”.
- How hard is “Name a type of bridge”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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