Food trivia
Name a vegetable
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 79 answers to “Name a vegetable”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Carrot
- Potato
- Broccoli
- Tomato
- Onion
Just below the surface
These 19 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Cucumber
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Pepper
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Pea
- Corn
- Celery
- Garlic
- Zucchini
- Eggplant
- Mushroom
- Green bean
- Pumpkin
- Sweet potato
- Beetroot
- Kale
- Asparagus
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 19 | 25 |
| The Deep | 28 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 26 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 28 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, J, L, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 26 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 79 answers in total, 12 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Oca”. Longest: “Jerusalem artichoke”.
- C, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 19 answers can be typed more than one way: “Scallion” counts as Spring onion.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (13). Run through it first.
- Skip Carrot, Potato and Broccoli; everybody says them.
- Spices, grains and fermented foods hide a lot of rare answers.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a vegetable”?
- Most people start with Carrot, Potato, Broccoli, Tomato and Onion. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a vegetable”?
- 79 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 26 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a vegetable”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Oca” and the longest is “Jerusalem artichoke”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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