Culture trivia
Name a type of paper
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 81 answers to “Name a type of paper”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Writing paper
- Newspaper
- Wrapping paper
- Toilet paper
- Kitchen roll
- Tissue paper
- Sandpaper
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- A4
- A3
- A5
- Letter
- Legal
- Cartridge paper
- Sugar paper
- Tracing paper
- Greaseproof paper
- Baking parchment
- Parchment
- Vellum
- Rice paper
- Wallpaper
- Blotting paper
- Carbon paper
- Crepe paper
- Origami paper
- Graph paper
- Lined paper
- Squared paper
- Photo paper
- Printer paper
- Copy paper
- Recycled paper
- Brown paper
- Kraft paper
- Manila paper
- Card
- Cardboard
- Corrugated cardboard
- Paper bag
- Paper plate
- Paper towel
- Paper napkin
- Paper money
- Banknote
- Post-it note
- Sticky note
- Notepaper
- Notebook
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsWriting paper · Newspaper · Wrapping paper
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsA4 · A3 · A5 …
- The Deep22 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 22 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, M, S, T, W, X and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 81 answers in total, 52 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “A3”. Longest: “Corrugated cardboard”.
- C, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hahnemuhle” counts as Hahnemühle.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Writing paper, Newspaper and Wrapping paper; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of paper”?
- Most people start with Writing paper, Newspaper, Wrapping paper, Toilet paper and Kitchen roll. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of paper”?
- 81 in all: 7 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 22 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 paper”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “A3” and the longest is “Corrugated cardboard”.
- Is “Name a type of paper” 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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