Food trivia
Name a type of pie or tart
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a type of pie or tart”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 139 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Apple pie
- Pumpkin pie
- Cherry pie
- Pecan pie
- Lemon meringue pie
- Shepherd's pie
- Cottage pie
- Chicken pot pie
- Key lime pie
- Mince pie
- Steak pie
- Banoffee pie
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Blueberry pie
- Peach pie
- Rhubarb pie
- Banana cream pie
- Coconut cream pie
- Chocolate cream pie
- Apple tart
- Bakewell tart
- Treacle tart
- Custard tart
- Egg tart
- Lemon tart
- Tarte Tatin
- Fruit tart
- Pork pie
- Steak and ale pie
- Chicken and mushroom pie
- Fish pie
- Game pie
- Sweet potato pie
- Mississippi mud pie
- Chess pie
- Shoofly pie
- Quiche
- Pastel de nata
- Frangipane tart
- Gooseberry pie
- Blackberry pie
- Raspberry pie
- Pear tart
- Mincemeat tart
- Meat pie
- Pot pie
- Strawberry pie
- Butter tart
- Jam tart
- Pecan tart
- Spinach pie
- Cheese and onion pie
- Apple crumble pie
- Cranberry pie
- Peanut butter pie
- Lemon chess pie
- Custard pie
- Fruit pie
How deep does “Name a type of pie or tart” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsApple pie · Pumpkin pie · Cherry pie
- Below the Surface45 answers · 25 ptsBlueberry pie · Peach pie · Rhubarb pie …
- The Deep53 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss28 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 53 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 139 answers in total, 133 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Quiche”. Longest: “Chicken and mushroom pie”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 20 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tarte au citron” counts as Lemon tart.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 19 of the answers begin with it.
- Apple pie, Pumpkin pie and Cherry pie are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a type of pie or tart”?
- The usual first answers are Apple pie, Pumpkin pie, Cherry pie, Pecan pie and Lemon meringue pie. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of pie or tart”?
- 139 in all: 12 on The Tip, 45 Below the Surface, 53 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of pie or tart” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Quiche” and the longest is “Chicken and mushroom pie”.
- How hard is “Name a type of pie or tart”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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