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

The usual first answers are Sarmale, Mamaliga and Mici. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a Romanian 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 Romanian dish” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Bulz” and the longest is “Ciorba de perisoare”.

Food trivia

Name a Romanian dish

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Romanian 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

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Sarmale
Mamaliga
Mici

The next answers people reach for

These 5 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Cozonac
Papanasi
Ciorba de burta
Salata de boeuf
Zacusca

How deep does “Name a Romanian 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 B, C, D, F, P and T. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

25 answers in total, 9 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Bulz”. Longest: “Ciorba de perisoare”.
C, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 52% of the answers.
2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Racitura” counts as Piftie.

Getting below the surface

Start with C: 6 of the answers begin with it.
Sarmale, Mamaliga and Mici 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 Romanian dish”?: The usual first answers are Sarmale, Mamaliga and Mici. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a Romanian 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 Romanian dish” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Bulz” and the longest is “Ciorba de perisoare”.

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