Culture trivia
Name a toy
“Name a toy” is one of 60 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 107 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Lego
- Teddy bear
- Doll
- Ball
- Puzzle
One step down
These 20 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Barbie
- Action figure
- Toy car
- Building blocks
- Rubik's Cube
- Yo-yo
- Kite
- Jump rope
- Slinky
- Frisbee
- Train set
- Dollhouse
- Play-Doh
- Stuffed animal
- Marbles
- Spinning top
- Hula hoop
- Water gun
- Rocking horse
- Jack-in-the-box
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 41 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 41 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 107 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ball”. Longest: “Sylvanian Families”.
- S, M and T are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 25 answers can be typed more than one way: “Mega Blocks” counts as Mega Bloks.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Lego, Teddy bear and Doll 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 toy”?
- The usual first answers are Lego, Teddy bear, Doll, Ball and Puzzle. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a toy”?
- 107 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 41 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a toy” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ball” and the longest is “Sylvanian Families”.
- How hard is “Name a toy”?
- 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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