Culture trivia
Name something you would see at a circus
135 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Clown
- Elephant
- Trapeze
- Tightrope walker
- Lion
- Acrobat
- Juggler
- Ringmaster
- Big top
- Popcorn
- Tiger
Below the waterline
These 58 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cotton candy
- Unicycle
- Human cannonball
- Strongman
- Fire breather
- Sword swallower
- Fire eater
- Bearded lady
- Horse
- Monkey
- Bear
- Seal
- Sea lion
- Lion tamer
- Contortionist
- Trapeze artist
- Stilt walker
- Magician
- Balloon
- Trampoline
- Whip
- Hoop
- Clown car
- Pie in the face
- Red nose
- Clown shoes
- Spotlight
- Sawdust
- Peanuts
- Candy apple
- Face paint
- Costume
- Safety net
- Flying trapeze
- Tickets
- Audience
- Circus band
- Drum roll
- Bicycle
- Camel
- Performing dogs
- Parrot
- Giraffe
- Zebra
- Bareback rider
- Animal trainer
- Cannon
- Balancing ball
- Tumbler
- Mime
- Top hat
- Cage
- Circus ring
- Hot dog
- Ice cream
- Rainbow wig
- Seesaw
- Pony
The iceberg for “Name something you would see at a circus”
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsClown · Elephant · Trapeze
- Below the Surface58 answers · 25 ptsCotton candy · Unicycle · Human cannonball …
- The Deep38 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss27 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 38 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, K, L, M, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 27 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 135 answers in total, 74 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bear”. Longest: “Unsupported ladder”.
- C, S and T are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 30 answers can be typed more than one way: “Lasso act” counts as Rope spinning.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Clown, Elephant and Trapeze; everybody says them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you would see at a circus”?
- Most people start with Clown, Elephant, Trapeze, Tightrope walker and Lion. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you would see at a circus”?
- 135 in all: 11 on The Tip, 58 Below the Surface, 38 in The Deep, 27 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you would see at a circus”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bear” and the longest is “Unsupported ladder”.
- Is “Name something you would see at a circus” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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