Food trivia
Name a type of noodle
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of noodle”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 71 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.
- Spaghetti
- Ramen
- Udon
- Egg noodles
- Rice noodles
- Soba
- Vermicelli
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Chow mein
- Lo mein
- Pad thai noodles
- Glass noodles
- Somen
- Pho noodles
- Tagliatelle
- Fettuccine
- Linguine
- Macaroni
- Instant noodles
- Cup noodles
- Noodle nests
- Ho fun
- Rice sticks
- Shirataki
- Konjac noodles
- Mee goreng
- Laksa noodles
- Hokkien noodles
- Wonton noodles
- Dan dan noodles
- Lamian
- Dao xiao mian
- Knife-cut noodles
- Hand-pulled noodles
- Naengmyeon
- Japchae noodles
- Sweet potato noodles
- Kluski
- Spaetzle
How deep does “Name a type of noodle” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSpaghetti · Ramen · Udon
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsChow mein · Lo mein · Pad thai noodles …
- 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 B, E, H, K, L, M, P, S and Y. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 71 answers in total, 47 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bun”. Longest: “Crossing the bridge noodles”.
- B, M and S are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Dangmyeon” counts as Japchae noodles.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 8 of the answers begin with it.
- Spaghetti, Ramen and Udon 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 type of noodle”?
- The usual first answers are Spaghetti, Ramen, Udon, Egg noodles and Rice noodles. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of noodle”?
- 71 in all: 7 on The Tip, 31 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 noodle” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bun” and the longest is “Crossing the bridge noodles”.
- How hard is “Name a type of noodle”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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