Culture trivia
Name a type of pen
“Name a type of pen” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 84 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Biro
- Fountain pen
- Felt tip
- Marker
- Highlighter
- Pencil
- Gel pen
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Rollerball
- Fineliner
- Permanent marker
- Sharpie
- Whiteboard marker
- Dry-erase marker
- Paint pen
- Brush pen
- Calligraphy pen
- Dip pen
- Reed pen
- Stylus
- Digital pen
- Smart pen
- Light pen
- Pen drive
- Cartridge pen
- Ink pen
- Cross
- Parker
- Waterman
- Montblanc
- Pelikan
- Lamy
- Sheaffer
- Bic
- Bic Cristal
- Pilot
- Uni-ball
- Papermate
- Staedtler
- Stabilo
- Pentel
- Zebra
- Tombow
- Pilot G2
- Frixion
- Erasable pen
- Space pen
- Fisher Space Pen
- Clicker pen
- Retractable pen
- Multi-colour pen
- Four-colour pen
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBiro · Fountain pen · Felt tip
- Below the Surface44 answers · 25 ptsRollerball · Fineliner · Permanent marker …
- 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, G, I, L, M, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 84 answers in total, 52 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bic”. Longest: “Whiteboard marker”.
- P, S and F are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ballpoint” counts as Biro.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Biro, Fountain pen and Felt tip are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a type of pen”?
- The usual first answers are Biro, Fountain pen, Felt tip, Marker and Highlighter. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of pen”?
- 84 in all: 7 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of pen” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bic” and the longest is “Whiteboard marker”.
- How hard is “Name a type of pen”?
- 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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