Food trivia
Name a type of jam
73 answers count for this food prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Strawberry jam
- Raspberry jam
- Apricot jam
- Blackcurrant jam
- Plum jam
- Marmalade
- Blackberry jam
Below the waterline
These 37 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cherry jam
- Blueberry jam
- Gooseberry jam
- Damson jam
- Greengage jam
- Peach jam
- Fig jam
- Rhubarb jam
- Rhubarb and ginger jam
- Orange marmalade
- Lemon curd
- Lime marmalade
- Grapefruit marmalade
- Seville orange marmalade
- Dundee marmalade
- Three fruit marmalade
- Ginger marmalade
- Whisky marmalade
- Quince jelly
- Redcurrant jelly
- Mint jelly
- Apple jelly
- Crab apple jelly
- Bramble jelly
- Rowan jelly
- Elderberry jelly
- Sloe jelly
- Jelly
- Conserve
- Preserve
- Fruit spread
- Fruit butter
- Apple butter
- Damson cheese
- Quince cheese
- Membrillo
- Chutney
The iceberg for “Name a type of jam”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsStrawberry jam · Raspberry jam · Apricot jam
- Below the Surface37 answers · 25 ptsCherry jam · Blueberry jam · Gooseberry jam …
- The Deep18 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 18 answers starting with B, C, G, P, R, S, V and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 73 answers in total, 65 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Jelly”. Longest: “Watermelon rind preserve”.
- C, G and R are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
- Skip Strawberry jam, Raspberry jam and Apricot jam; everybody says them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of jam”?
- Most people start with Strawberry jam, Raspberry jam, Apricot jam, Blackcurrant jam and Plum jam. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of jam”?
- 73 in all: 7 on The Tip, 37 Below the Surface, 18 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of jam”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Jelly” and the longest is “Watermelon rind preserve”.
- Is “Name a type of jam” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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