Culture trivia
Name a currency
133 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.
- Dollar
- Euro
- Pound
- Yen
- Peso
Below the waterline
These 20 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Rupee
- Ruble
- Yuan
- Franc
- Krona
- Krone
- Lira
- Won
- Rand
- Real
- Shekel
- Deutsche Mark
- Drachma
- Peseta
- Dinar
- Dirham
- Shilling
- Bitcoin
- Guilder
- Riyal
The iceberg for “Name a currency”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 48 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 59 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 48 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and Z. The Abyss has 59 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 133 answers in total, 5 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ecu”. Longest: “Piece of eight”.
- D, R and L are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 40 answers can be typed more than one way: “Rouble” counts as Ruble.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with D than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Dollar, Euro and Pound; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a currency”?
- Most people start with Dollar, Euro, Pound, Yen and Peso. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a currency”?
- 133 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 59 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a currency”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ecu” and the longest is “Piece of eight”.
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