Food trivia
Name a fruit
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a fruit”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 129 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.
- Apple
- Banana
- Orange
- Strawberry
- Grape
The next answers people reach for
These 14 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Pear
- Cherry
- Mango
- Pineapple
- Watermelon
- Peach
- Kiwi
- Lemon
- Blueberry
- Raspberry
- Plum
- Lime
- Grapefruit
- Apricot
How deep does “Name a fruit” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsApple · Banana · Orange
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsPear · Cherry · Mango …
- The Deep48 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss61 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 48 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T and U. The Abyss has 61 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 129 answers in total, 25 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fig”. Longest: “Monstera deliciosa”.
- P, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 15 answers can be typed more than one way: “Horned melon” counts as Kiwano.
Getting below the surface
- Start with P: 16 of the answers begin with it.
- Apple, Banana and Orange are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a fruit”?
- The usual first answers are Apple, Banana, Orange, Strawberry and Grape. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a fruit”?
- 129 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 61 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a fruit” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fig” and the longest is “Monstera deliciosa”.
- How hard is “Name a fruit”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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