Food trivia
Name an ice cream topping
Everyone has a first answer to “Name an ice cream topping”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 136 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Sprinkles
- Hot fudge
- Chocolate sauce
- Caramel sauce
- Whipped cream
- Cherry
- Nuts
- Strawberry sauce
- Oreos
- Chocolate chips
- Marshmallows
- Banana
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Peanuts
- M&Ms
- Cookie dough
- Brownie pieces
- Cookies
- Gummy bears
- Reese's Pieces
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Snickers
- Kit Kat
- Smarties
- Flake
- Wafer
- Mini marshmallows
- Marshmallow fluff
- Peanut butter
- Nutella
- Raspberry sauce
- Blueberries
- Peaches
- Pineapple
- Toasted coconut
- Pecans
- Walnuts
- Almonds
- Toffee bits
- Butterscotch
- Honey
- Maple syrup
- Salted caramel
- Chocolate shavings
- Candy canes
- Granola
- Fruity Pebbles
- Cereal
- Pop Rocks
- Gummy worms
- Popcorn
- Pretzels
- Cotton candy
- Fresh fruit
- Berries
- Magic Shell
- Mint chocolate
- Chocolate bar
- Cake pieces
- Cinnamon
- Fudge
- Peanut brittle
- Praline
- Candy
- Biscoff crumbs
- Graham crackers
- Strawberries
- Nerds
- Skittles
- Twix
- Mars bar
- Cadbury Crunchie
- Honeycomb
- Rolo
How deep does “Name an ice cream topping” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsSprinkles · Hot fudge · Chocolate sauce
- Below the Surface61 answers · 25 ptsPeanuts · M&Ms · Cookie dough …
- The Deep45 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss17 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 17 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 136 answers in total, 78 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Boba”. Longest: “Reese's Peanut Butter Cups”.
- C, M and P are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 46 answers can be typed more than one way: “Raspberry coulis” counts as Raspberry sauce.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 32 of the answers begin with it.
- Sprinkles, Hot fudge and Chocolate sauce are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name an ice cream topping”?
- The usual first answers are Sprinkles, Hot fudge, Chocolate sauce, Caramel sauce and Whipped cream. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an ice cream topping”?
- 136 in all: 12 on The Tip, 61 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 17 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an ice cream topping” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Boba” and the longest is “Reese's Peanut Butter Cups”.
- How hard is “Name an ice cream topping”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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