Culture trivia
Name a type of cup
78 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
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Teacup
- Coffee cup
- Mug
- Egg cup
- Paper cup
- Plastic cup
- World Cup
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Espresso cup
- Demitasse
- Cappuccino cup
- Tea cup and saucer
- Sippy cup
- Measuring cup
- Cup cake
- Trophy
- FA Cup
- Davis Cup
- Ryder Cup
- Stanley Cup
- America's Cup
- Calcutta Cup
- Webb Ellis Cup
- Melbourne Cup
- Ashes urn
- Loving cup
- Communion cup
- Chalice
- Grail
- Holy Grail
- Goblet
- Tankard
- Tazza
- Kiddush cup
- Becher
- Beaker
- Thermos cup
- Travel mug
- Hot cup
- Cold cup
- Cup holder
- Bra cup
- A-cup
- D cup
- Acorn cup
- Cupule
- Cupped hands
- Cup final
The iceberg for “Name a type of cup”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsTeacup · Coffee cup · Mug
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsEspresso cup · Demitasse · Cappuccino cup …
- 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 A, C, D, G, H, J, L, M, N, R and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 78 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gu”. Longest: “Cup of the Ptolemies”.
- C, A and T are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Teacup, Coffee cup and Mug; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of cup”?
- Most people start with Teacup, Coffee cup, Mug, Egg cup and Paper cup. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of cup”?
- 78 in all: 7 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of cup”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gu” and the longest is “Cup of the Ptolemies”.
- Is “Name a type of cup” 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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