Nature trivia
Name a bat, by species or type
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 92 answers to “Name a bat, by species or type”, and only 5 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.
- Vampire Bat
- Fruit Bat
- Flying Fox
- Pipistrelle
- Horseshoe Bat
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Brown Long-eared Bat
- Noctule
- Daubenton's Bat
- Serotine
- Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Little Brown Bat
- Big Brown Bat
- Mexican Free-tailed Bat
- Egyptian Fruit Bat
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
- Hammer-headed Bat
- Bumblebee Bat
- Ghost Bat
- Greater Mouse-eared Bat
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsVampire Bat · Fruit Bat · Flying Fox
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsBrown Long-eared Bat · Noctule · Daubenton's Bat …
- The Deep37 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss34 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 37 answers starting with B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 34 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 92 answers in total, 88 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Noctule”. Longest: “Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat”.
- S, G and L are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Fishing Bat” counts as Greater Bulldog Bat.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Vampire Bat, Fruit Bat and Flying Fox; everybody says them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a bat, by species or type”?
- Most people start with Vampire Bat, Fruit Bat, Flying Fox, Pipistrelle and Horseshoe Bat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a bat, by species or type”?
- 92 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 37 in The Deep, 34 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a bat, by species or type”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Noctule” and the longest is “Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat”.
- Is “Name a bat, by species or type” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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