What do most people say for “Name a Middle Eastern dish”?

The usual first answers are Hummus, Falafel and Shawarma. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a Middle Eastern dish”?

25 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a Middle Eastern dish” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Quzi” and the longest is “Baba ganoush”.

Food trivia

Name a Middle Eastern dish

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Middle Eastern dish”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 25 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Hummus
Falafel
Shawarma

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Kebab
Baba ganoush
Tabbouleh
Fattoush
Baklava

How deep does “Name a Middle Eastern dish” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	5	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	10	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with D, K, L, M and S. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

25 answers in total, 3 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Quzi”. Longest: “Baba ganoush”.
M, F and K are the most common first letters; together they start 56% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with M: 6 of the answers begin with it.
Hummus, Falafel and Shawarma 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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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a Middle Eastern dish”?: The usual first answers are Hummus, Falafel and Shawarma. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a Middle Eastern dish”?: 25 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a Middle Eastern dish” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Quzi” and the longest is “Baba ganoush”.

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