Food trivia
Name a dessert
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a dessert”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 280 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Ice cream
- Cake
- Pie
- Cheesecake
- Brownie
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Tiramisu
- Apple pie
- Chocolate cake
- Cookie
- Pudding
- Crème brûlée
- Cupcake
- Doughnut
- Mousse
- Sundae
- Banana split
- Panna cotta
- Jelly
- Custard
- Trifle
- Pavlova
- Sorbet
- Gelato
- Macaron
- Eclair
- Carrot cake
- Crêpe
- Waffle
- Key lime pie
- Baklava
- Churros
- Cannoli
- Fruit salad
- Tart
How deep does “Name a dessert” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 29 | 25 |
| The Deep | 59 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 186 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 59 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, I, L, M, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 186 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 280 answers in total, 118 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Pie”. Longest: “Pineapple upside-down cake”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 86 answers can be typed more than one way: “Rote Grutze” counts as Rote Grütze.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 37 of the answers begin with it.
- Ice cream, Cake and Pie are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a dessert”?
- The usual first answers are Ice cream, Cake, Pie, Cheesecake and Brownie. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a dessert”?
- 280 in all: 5 on The Tip, 29 Below the Surface, 59 in The Deep, 186 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a dessert” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Pie” and the longest is “Pineapple upside-down cake”.
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