What do most people say for “Name a type of cake”?

The usual first answers are Chocolate cake, Cheesecake, Carrot cake, Red velvet cake and Victoria sponge. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a type of cake”?

101 in all: 5 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a type of cake” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Babka” and the longest is “Pineapple upside-down cake”.

How hard is “Name a type of cake”?

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

Food trivia

Name a type of cake

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of cake”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 101 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Chocolate cake
Cheesecake
Carrot cake
Red velvet cake
Victoria sponge

The next answers people reach for

These 17 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Black Forest cake
Pound cake
Angel food cake
Lemon drizzle cake
Banana bread
Fruitcake
Tiramisu
Cupcake
Coffee cake
Pineapple upside-down cake
Bundt cake
Swiss roll
Birthday cake
Wedding cake
Battenberg cake
Madeira cake
Tres leches cake

How deep does “Name a type of cake” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	17	25
The Deep	40	50
The Abyss	38	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 40 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 38 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

101 answers in total, 69 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Babka”. Longest: “Pineapple upside-down cake”.
B, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
21 answers can be typed more than one way: “Red velvet” counts as Red velvet cake.

Getting below the surface

Start with B: 13 of the answers begin with it.
Chocolate cake, Cheesecake and Carrot cake are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a type of cake”?: The usual first answers are Chocolate cake, Cheesecake, Carrot cake, Red velvet cake and Victoria sponge. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a type of cake”?: 101 in all: 5 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a type of cake” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Babka” and the longest is “Pineapple upside-down cake”.
How hard is “Name a type of cake”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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