Culture trivia
Name a type of building
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of building”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 226 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- House
- School
- Hospital
- Church
- Skyscraper
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Apartment block
- Castle
- Museum
- Library
- Hotel
- Office block
- Factory
- Barn
- Bank
- Mosque
- Temple
- Cathedral
- Stadium
- Cinema
- Theatre
- Airport
- Train station
- Supermarket
- Shopping centre
- Palace
- Prison
- Restaurant
- Bungalow
- Cottage
- Villa
- Garage
- Shed
- Warehouse
- Lighthouse
- Tower
- Hut
- Log cabin
- Igloo
- Farmhouse
- Mansion
- Pyramid
- Fire station
- Police station
- Post office
- Town hall
- University
- Gym
- Synagogue
- Pagoda
How deep does “Name a type of building” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 44 | 25 |
| The Deep | 98 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 78 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 98 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 78 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 226 answers in total, 47 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gym”. Longest: “Multi-storey car park”.
- C, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 28 answers can be typed more than one way: “Office building” counts as Office block.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 26 of the answers begin with it.
- House, School and Hospital are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a type of building”?
- The usual first answers are House, School, Hospital, Church and Skyscraper. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of building”?
- 226 in all: 5 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 98 in The Deep, 78 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of building” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gym” and the longest is “Multi-storey car park”.
- How hard is “Name a type of building”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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