Food trivia
Name a tropical fruit
69 answers count for this food prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Mango
- Pineapple
- Banana
- Coconut
- Papaya
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Passion fruit
- Guava
- Lychee
- Dragon fruit
- Jackfruit
- Durian
- Star fruit
- Rambutan
- Mangosteen
- Avocado
- Plantain
- Soursop
- Longan
- Custard apple
The iceberg for “Name a tropical fruit”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 14 | 25 |
| The Deep | 29 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 20 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 29 answers starting with A, B, C, G, J, L, M, N, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 20 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 69 answers in total, 21 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Abiu”. Longest: “Surinam cherry”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 21 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pejibaye” counts as Peach palm.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
- Skip Mango, Pineapple and Banana; everybody says them.
- Regional varieties of cheese, bread and pasta are rarely the first answer.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a tropical fruit”?
- Most people start with Mango, Pineapple, Banana, Coconut and Papaya. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a tropical fruit”?
- 69 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 29 in The Deep, 20 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a tropical fruit”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Abiu” and the longest is “Surinam cherry”.
- Is “Name a tropical fruit” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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