Culture trivia
Name a type of lamp
80 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Table lamp
- Desk lamp
- Floor lamp
- Bedside lamp
- Torch
- Candle
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Oil lamp
- Gas lamp
- Paraffin lamp
- Hurricane lamp
- Storm lantern
- Chandelier
- Standard lamp
- Anglepoise lamp
- Banker's lamp
- Reading lamp
- Tiffany lamp
- Uplighter
- Spotlight
- Downlight
- Wall light
- Pendant light
- Ceiling light
- Night light
- Fairy lights
- String lights
- Neon sign
- LED lamp
- Halogen lamp
- Fluorescent tube
- Strip light
- Street lamp
- Headlamp
- Head torch
- Bicycle lamp
- Miner's lamp
- Davy lamp
- Safety lamp
- Arc lamp
- Sun lamp
- UV lamp
- Heat lamp
- Infrared lamp
- Salt lamp
- Himalayan salt lamp
- Aladdin's lamp
- Magic lamp
- Genie lamp
The iceberg for “Name a type of lamp”
- The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsTable lamp · Desk lamp · Floor lamp
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsOil lamp · Gas lamp · Paraffin lamp …
- 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, F, G, K, L, M, R, S and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 80 answers in total, 67 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Torch”. Longest: “Mercury-vapour lamp”.
- S, C and H are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Streetlight” counts as Street lamp.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (12). Run through it first.
- Skip Table lamp, Desk lamp and Floor lamp; 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 type of lamp”?
- Most people start with Table lamp, Desk lamp, Floor lamp, Bedside lamp and Torch. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of lamp”?
- 80 in all: 6 on The Tip, 42 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 lamp”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Torch” and the longest is “Mercury-vapour lamp”.
- Is “Name a type of lamp” 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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