Nature trivia
Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 178 answers to “Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Polar Bear
- Penguin
- Emperor Penguin
- Walrus
- Seal
- Arctic Fox
- Reindeer
- Narwhal
- Snowy Owl
- Orca
- Beluga Whale
- Musk Ox
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Arctic Hare
- Arctic Wolf
- Arctic Tern
- Atlantic Puffin
- Lemming
- Leopard Seal
- Weddell Seal
- Elephant Seal
- Harp Seal
- Ringed Seal
- Bearded Seal
- Hooded Seal
- Fur Seal
- Crabeater Seal
- Adelie Penguin
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Gentoo Penguin
- King Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
- Rockhopper Penguin
- Humpback Whale
- Blue Whale
- Minke Whale
- Bowhead Whale
- Fin Whale
- Sperm Whale
- Whale
- Krill
- Albatross
- Wandering Albatross
- Skua
- Snow Petrel
- Giant Petrel
- Ptarmigan
- Snow Goose
- Eider
- Gyrfalcon
- Ermine
- Wolverine
- Lynx
- Brown Bear
- Moose
- Dall Sheep
- Arctic Char
- Greenland Shark
- Snowshoe Hare
- Arctic Ground Squirrel
- Raven
- Arctic Cod
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsPolar Bear · Penguin · Emperor Penguin
- Below the Surface49 answers · 25 ptsArctic Hare · Arctic Wolf · Arctic Tern …
- The Deep88 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 88 answers starting with A, B, C, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 178 answers in total, 145 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Lynx”. Longest: “Greater White-fronted Goose”.
- S, A and R are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
- 34 answers can be typed more than one way: “Brent Goose” counts as Brant Goose.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (28). Run through it first.
- Skip Polar Bear, Penguin and Emperor Penguin; everybody says them.
- Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic”?
- Most people start with Polar Bear, Penguin, Emperor Penguin, Walrus and Seal. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic”?
- 178 in all: 12 on The Tip, 49 Below the Surface, 88 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Lynx” and the longest is “Greater White-fronted Goose”.
- Is “Name an animal that lives in the Arctic or Antarctic” 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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