Nature trivia
Name an animal found in Australia
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 360 answers to “Name an animal found in Australia”, and only 11 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Kangaroo
- Koala
- Wombat
- Emu
- Platypus
- Dingo
- Tasmanian Devil
- Saltwater Crocodile
- Wallaby
- Echidna
- Kookaburra
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Quokka
- Numbat
- Bilby
- Possum
- Sugar Glider
- Quoll
- Bandicoot
- Red Kangaroo
- Eastern Grey Kangaroo
- Wallaroo
- Pademelon
- Cassowary
- Cockatoo
- Galah
- Rainbow Lorikeet
- Lorikeet
- Budgerigar
- Cockatiel
- Australian Magpie
- Lyrebird
- Bowerbird
- Superb Fairywren
- Frilled Lizard
- Thorny Devil
- Bearded Dragon
- Goanna
- Blue-tongued Skink
- Taipan
- Inland Taipan
- Eastern Brown Snake
- Tiger Snake
- Red-bellied Black Snake
- Death Adder
- Carpet Python
- Freshwater Crocodile
- Cane Toad
- Funnel-web Spider
- Redback Spider
- Huntsman Spider
- Great White Shark
- Tiger Shark
- Bull Shark
- Box Jellyfish
- Blue-ringed Octopus
- Dugong
- Humpback Whale
- Clownfish
- Manta Ray
- Little Penguin
- Pelican
- Black Swan
- Brolga
- Wedge-tailed Eagle
- Tawny Frogmouth
- Camel
- Rabbit
- Flying Fox
- Green Tree Frog
- Barramundi
- Rosella
- Shark
- Snake
- Dolphin
- Whale
- Sea Turtle
How the answers sink
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsKangaroo · Koala · Wombat
- Below the Surface65 answers · 25 ptsQuokka · Numbat · Bilby …
- The Deep150 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss133 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 150 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W and Y. The Abyss has 133 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 360 answers in total, 284 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Emu”. Longest: “Eastern Long-necked Turtle”.
- B, S and G are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 38 answers can be typed more than one way: “Fruit Bat” counts as Flying Fox.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (42). Run through it first.
- Skip Kangaroo, Koala and Wombat; everybody says them.
- Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name an animal found in Australia”?
- Most people start with Kangaroo, Koala, Wombat, Emu and Platypus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an animal found in Australia”?
- 360 in all: 11 on The Tip, 65 Below the Surface, 150 in The Deep, 133 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an animal found in Australia”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Emu” and the longest is “Eastern Long-necked Turtle”.
- Is “Name an animal found in Australia” 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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