What do most people say for “Name a citrus fruit”?

The usual first answers are Orange, Lemon and Lime. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a citrus fruit”?

26 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a citrus fruit” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Lime” and the longest is “Ichang papeda”.

Food trivia

Name a citrus fruit

“Name a citrus fruit” is one of 37 food prompts in Icillion. Of its 26 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Orange
Lemon
Lime

One step down

These 5 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Grapefruit
Mandarin
Tangerine
Clementine
Pomelo

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	7	50
The Abyss	10	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 7 answers starting with B, C, K, S, U and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

26 answers in total, 6 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Lime”. Longest: “Ichang papeda”.
S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.

How to go deeper

Start with S: 4 of the answers begin with it.
Orange, Lemon and Lime are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Name what people cook at home in that country, not what restaurants abroad serve.

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Words in this prompt

Citrus

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a citrus fruit”?: The usual first answers are Orange, Lemon and Lime. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a citrus fruit”?: 26 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 7 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a citrus fruit” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Lime” and the longest is “Ichang papeda”.

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