Culture trivia
Name a hobby
“Name a hobby” is one of 60 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 171 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Reading
- Gaming
- Painting
- Cooking
- Gardening
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Drawing
- Photography
- Fishing
- Knitting
- Hiking
- Dancing
- Singing
- Writing
- Baking
- Sewing
- Cycling
- Swimming
- Running
- Travelling
- Camping
- Playing an instrument
- Stamp collecting
- Coin collecting
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Chess
- Yoga
- Crafts
- Watching movies
- Skateboarding
- Surfing
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 25 | 25 |
| The Deep | 87 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 53 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 87 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 53 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 171 answers in total, 52 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Golf”. Longest: “Historical reenactment”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 49 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bodybuilding” counts as Weightlifting.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 24 of the answers begin with it.
- Reading, Gaming and Painting are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a hobby”?
- The usual first answers are Reading, Gaming, Painting, Cooking and Gardening. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a hobby”?
- 171 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 87 in The Deep, 53 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a hobby” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Golf” and the longest is “Historical reenactment”.
- How hard is “Name a hobby”?
- 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?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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