Food trivia
Name a variety of rice
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a variety of rice”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 60 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Basmati
- Jasmine rice
- Arborio
- Brown rice
- Long-grain rice
- Sushi rice
The next answers people reach for
These 13 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Carnaroli
- Sticky rice
- Black rice
- Red rice
- Short-grain rice
- Medium-grain rice
- White rice
- Wild rice
- Parboiled rice
- Bomba rice
- Calrose
- Patna rice
- Vialone Nano
How deep does “Name a variety of rice” go?
- The Tip6 answers · 10 ptsBasmati · Jasmine rice · Arborio
- Below the Surface13 answers · 25 ptsCarnaroli · Sticky rice · Black rice …
- The Deep23 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss17 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 23 answers starting with A, B, C, I, J, K, M, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 17 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 60 answers in total, 25 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Baldo”. Longest: “Khao Dawk Mali 105”.
- B, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 14 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bomba” counts as Bomba rice.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 6 of the answers begin with it.
- Basmati, Jasmine rice and Arborio 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 variety of rice”?
- The usual first answers are Basmati, Jasmine rice, Arborio, Brown rice and Long-grain rice. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a variety of rice”?
- 60 in all: 6 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 17 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a variety of rice” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Baldo” and the longest is “Khao Dawk Mali 105”.
- How hard is “Name a variety of rice”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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