Food trivia
Name a type of melon
“Name a type of melon” is one of 135 food prompts in Icillion. Of its 66 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Watermelon
- Cantaloupe
- Honeydew
- Galia
- Charentais
- Canary melon
- Piel de sapo
One step down
These 26 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Rockmelon
- Muskmelon
- Netted melon
- Ogen
- Santa Claus melon
- Sugar melon
- Casaba
- Persian melon
- Horned melon
- Bitter melon
- Winter melon
- Seedless watermelon
- Yellow watermelon
- Sugar Baby
- Crimson Sweet
- Charleston Gray
- Moon and Stars
- Cream of Saskatchewan
- Orangeglo
- Black Diamond
- Jubilee
- Tuscan melon
- Spanish melon
- Amarillo
- Tendral
- Sapo
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsWatermelon · Cantaloupe · Honeydew
- Below the Surface26 answers · 25 ptsRockmelon · Muskmelon · Netted melon …
- The Deep22 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 22 answers starting with A, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, R, S, X and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 66 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hami”. Longest: “Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis”.
- C, H and S are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Kiwano” counts as Horned melon.
Getting below the surface
- Start with C: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Watermelon, Cantaloupe and Honeydew are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of melon”?
- The usual first answers are Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Honeydew, Galia and Charentais. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of melon”?
- 66 in all: 7 on The Tip, 26 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of melon” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hami” and the longest is “Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis”.
- How hard is “Name a type of melon”?
- 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?
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