What do most people say for “Name a piece of sports equipment”?

The usual first answers are Ball, Bat, Racket, Net and Helmet. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a piece of sports equipment”?

249 in all: 5 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 100 in The Deep, 108 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a piece of sports equipment” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Gi” and the longest is “Wicketkeeping gloves”.

How hard is “Name a piece of sports equipment”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Culture trivia

Name a piece of sports equipment

“Name a piece of sports equipment” is one of 68 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 249 accepted answers, 5 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.

Ball
Bat
Racket
Net
Helmet

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Football
Basketball
Tennis ball
Golf ball
Cricket bat
Baseball bat
Golf club
Hockey stick
Gloves
Boxing gloves
Goal
Skis
Skateboard
Snowboard
Surfboard
Shin pads
Mouthguard
Puck
Shuttlecock
Javelin
Discus
Hurdle
Dumbbell
Barbell
Trainers
Football boots
Rugby ball
Baseball glove
Table tennis bat
Frisbee
Goggles
Whistle
Skipping rope
Cricket ball
Volleyball

Answers by level

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsBall · Bat · Racket
Below the Surface35 answers · 25 ptsFootball · Basketball · Tennis ball …
The Deep100 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss108 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 100 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 108 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

249 answers in total, 135 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Gi”. Longest: “Wicketkeeping gloves”.
S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
120 answers can be typed more than one way: “Umpire chair” counts as Umpire's chair.

Getting below the surface

Start with S: 46 of the answers begin with it.
Ball, Bat and Racket are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a piece of sports equipment”?: The usual first answers are Ball, Bat, Racket, Net and Helmet. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a piece of sports equipment”?: 249 in all: 5 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 100 in The Deep, 108 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a piece of sports equipment” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Gi” and the longest is “Wicketkeeping gloves”.
How hard is “Name a piece of sports equipment”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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