Food trivia
Name a type of milk
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of milk”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 67 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.
- Cow's milk
- Goat's milk
- Oat milk
- Soya milk
- Almond milk
- Coconut milk
- Skimmed milk
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Semi-skimmed milk
- Whole milk
- Full-fat milk
- Rice milk
- Sheep's milk
- Buffalo milk
- Camel milk
- Condensed milk
- Evaporated milk
- Powdered milk
- Buttermilk
- UHT milk
- Raw milk
- Lactose-free milk
- A2 milk
- Hemp milk
- Cashew milk
- Pea milk
- Hazelnut milk
- Macadamia milk
- Breast milk
- Formula milk
- Chocolate milk
- Strawberry milk
- Banana milk
- Malted milk
- Milk tea
How deep does “Name a type of milk” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsCow's milk · Goat's milk · Oat milk
- Below the Surface27 answers · 25 ptsSemi-skimmed milk · Whole milk · Full-fat milk …
- 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, B, C, D, E, F, H, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 67 answers in total, 60 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Skyr”. Longest: “Water buffalo milk”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “Human milk” counts as Breast milk.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 11 of the answers begin with it.
- Cow's milk, Goat's milk and Oat milk 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a type of milk”?
- The usual first answers are Cow's milk, Goat's milk, Oat milk, Soya milk and Almond milk. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of milk”?
- 67 in all: 7 on The Tip, 27 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 milk” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Skyr” and the longest is “Water buffalo milk”.
- How hard is “Name a type of milk”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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