Culture trivia
Name a type of window
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 76 answers to “Name a type of window”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Sash window
- Bay window
- Skylight
- French window
- Porthole
- Stained glass window
- Picture window
Just below the surface
These 36 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Casement window
- Dormer window
- Bow window
- Rose window
- Lancet window
- Round window
- Arched window
- Circular window
- Bullseye window
- Fanlight
- Transom
- Clerestory
- Louvre window
- Louvered window
- Awning window
- Hopper window
- Tilt-and-turn window
- Jalousie
- Double glazing
- Triple glazing
- Secondary glazing
- Roof window
- Velux
- Roof light
- Lantern light
- Shop window
- Display window
- Car window
- Windscreen
- Rear window
- Sunroof
- Moonroof
- Peephole
- Spyhole
- Hatch
- Serving hatch
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSash window · Bay window · Skylight
- Below the Surface36 answers · 25 ptsCasement window · Dormer window · Bow window …
- 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 B, C, D, F, G, I, L, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 76 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hatch”. Longest: “Spherical triangle window”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Oeil-de-boeuf” counts as Œil-de-bœuf.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Sash window, Bay window and Skylight; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of window”?
- Most people start with Sash window, Bay window, Skylight, French window and Porthole. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of window”?
- 76 in all: 7 on The Tip, 36 Below the Surface, 22 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 window”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hatch” and the longest is “Spherical triangle window”.
- Is “Name a type of window” 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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