Culture trivia
Name a piece of furniture
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a piece of furniture”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 106 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Chair
- Table
- Bed
- Sofa
- Desk
The next answers people reach for
These 18 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Wardrobe
- Bookshelf
- Dresser
- Armchair
- Stool
- Nightstand
- Coffee table
- Cabinet
- Shelf
- Dining table
- Bench
- Ottoman
- Crib
- Bunk bed
- Recliner
- Rocking chair
- Sideboard
- Futon
How deep does “Name a piece of furniture” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 42 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, K, L, M, P, S, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 42 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 106 answers in total, 50 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bed”. Longest: “Ladder-back chair”.
- C, B and D are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 24 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pouf” counts as Pouffe.
Getting below the surface
- Start with C: 17 of the answers begin with it.
- Chair, Table and Bed are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a piece of furniture”?
- The usual first answers are Chair, Table, Bed, Sofa and Desk. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a piece of furniture”?
- 106 in all: 5 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 42 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a piece of furniture” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bed” and the longest is “Ladder-back chair”.
- How hard is “Name a piece of furniture”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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