Culture trivia
Name a type of house
77 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.
- Bungalow
- Cottage
- Mansion
- Villa
- Flat
- Castle
- Igloo
Below the waterline
These 38 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Detached house
- Semi-detached house
- Terraced house
- End of terrace
- Townhouse
- Maisonette
- Penthouse
- Studio flat
- Bedsit
- Duplex
- Condo
- Chalet
- Cabin
- Log cabin
- Lodge
- Farmhouse
- Manor house
- Palace
- Tower block
- Skyscraper
- Houseboat
- Caravan
- Mobile home
- Treehouse
- Tent
- Yurt
- Tepee
- Hut
- Shack
- Shed
- Barn conversion
- Lighthouse
- Windmill conversion
- Cave house
- Mud hut
- Thatched cottage
- Council house
- Prefab
The iceberg for “Name a type of house”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBungalow · Cottage · Mansion
- Below the Surface38 answers · 25 ptsDetached house · Semi-detached house · Terraced house …
- The Deep21 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 21 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, H, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 77 answers in total, 21 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hut”. Longest: “Windmill conversion”.
- C, T and H are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Terrace” counts as Terraced house.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (11). Run through it first.
- Skip Bungalow, Cottage and Mansion; everybody says them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of house”?
- Most people start with Bungalow, Cottage, Mansion, Villa and Flat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of house”?
- 77 in all: 7 on The Tip, 38 Below the Surface, 21 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 house”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hut” and the longest is “Windmill conversion”.
- Is “Name a type of house” 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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