Culture trivia
Name a type of table
70 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
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Dining table
- Coffee table
- Kitchen table
- Desk
- Picnic table
- Bedside table
- Pool table
Below the waterline
These 32 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Dressing table
- Console table
- Side table
- End table
- Occasional table
- Nest of tables
- Folding table
- Trestle table
- Card table
- Bar table
- Round table
- Drop-leaf table
- Pedestal table
- Refectory table
- Extending table
- Glass table
- Garden table
- Patio table
- Changing table
- Snooker table
- Ping pong table
- Air hockey table
- Foosball table
- Poker table
- Operating table
- Massage table
- Drawing table
- Workbench
- Lectern
- Altar
- Tea table
- Tripod table
The iceberg for “Name a type of table”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsDining table · Coffee table · Kitchen table
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsDressing table · Console table · Side table …
- The Deep20 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 20 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, P, S and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 70 answers in total, 59 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Desk”. Longest: “King Arthur's Round Table”.
- P, T and D are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Table tennis table” counts as Ping pong table.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with P than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
- Skip Dining table, Coffee table and Kitchen table; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of table”?
- Most people start with Dining table, Coffee table, Kitchen table, Desk and Picnic table. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of table”?
- 70 in all: 7 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 20 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 table”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Desk” and the longest is “King Arthur's Round Table”.
- Is “Name a type of table” 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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