Food trivia
Name an ice cream flavour
“Name an ice cream flavour” is one of 51 food prompts in Icillion. Of its 104 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Vanilla
- Chocolate
- Strawberry
- Mint chocolate chip
- Cookies and cream
One step down
These 16 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cookie dough
- Rocky road
- Pistachio
- Coffee
- Caramel
- Butter pecan
- Neapolitan
- Banana
- Raspberry
- Lemon
- Mango
- Coconut
- Peanut butter
- Bubblegum
- Birthday cake
- Cotton candy
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 16 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 42 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 42 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 104 answers in total, 38 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fig”. Longest: “Sticky toffee pudding”.
- C, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “Liquorice” counts as Licorice.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 17 of the answers begin with it.
- Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name an ice cream flavour”?
- The usual first answers are Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Mint chocolate chip and Cookies and cream. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an ice cream flavour”?
- 104 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 42 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an ice cream flavour” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fig” and the longest is “Sticky toffee pudding”.
- How hard is “Name an ice cream flavour”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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