Culture trivia
Name a type of race
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 171 answers to “Name a type of race”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Marathon
- Relay
- Sprint
- Sack race
- Egg and spoon race
Just below the surface
These 31 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Three-legged race
- Horse race
- Car race
- Steeplechase
- Triathlon
- Grand Prix
- Drag race
- Hurdles
- Obstacle race
- Boat race
- Bike race
- Half marathon
- Fun run
- Cross-country
- Pancake race
- Greyhound race
- Swimming race
- Ultramarathon
- Formula One
- Rally
- Go-kart race
- Motorcycle race
- Wheelbarrow race
- Stock car race
- Time trial
- Road race
- Chariot race
- 100 metres
- Space race
- Mile
- 5K
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMarathon · Relay · Sprint
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsThree-legged race · Horse race · Car race …
- The Deep66 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss68 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 66 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 68 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 171 answers in total, 129 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “5K”. Longest: “Round-the-world yacht race”.
- S, P and C are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 112 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pig racing” counts as Pig race.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (31). Run through it first.
- Skip Marathon, Relay and Sprint; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of race”?
- Most people start with Marathon, Relay, Sprint, Sack race and Egg and spoon race. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of race”?
- 171 in all: 5 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 66 in The Deep, 68 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of race”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “5K” and the longest is “Round-the-world yacht race”.
- Is “Name a type of race” 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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