Nature trivia
Name a type of bee
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 73 answers to “Name a type of bee”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Honey bee
- Bumblebee
- Carpenter bee
- Mason bee
- Leafcutter bee
- Queen bee
- Killer bee
Just below the surface
These 33 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Buff-tailed bumblebee
- White-tailed bumblebee
- Red-tailed bumblebee
- Early bumblebee
- Garden bumblebee
- Common carder bee
- Tree bumblebee
- Cuckoo bee
- Mining bee
- Tawny mining bee
- Ashy mining bee
- Sweat bee
- Orchid bee
- Stingless bee
- Africanised bee
- Italian bee
- Carniolan bee
- Buckfast bee
- Western honey bee
- Eastern honey bee
- Giant honey bee
- Dwarf honey bee
- Red mason bee
- Blue orchard bee
- Wool carder bee
- Yellow-faced bee
- Plasterer bee
- Digger bee
- Squash bee
- Alkali bee
- Alfalfa leafcutter bee
- Blue-banded bee
- Teddy bear bee
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsHoney bee · Bumblebee · Carpenter bee
- Below the Surface33 answers · 25 ptsBuff-tailed bumblebee · White-tailed bumblebee · Red-tailed bumblebee …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss10 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, H, L, M, N, O and W. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 73 answers in total, 63 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Osmia”. Longest: “White-tailed bumblebee”.
- B, A and M are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Africanized bee” counts as Africanised bee.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Honey bee, Bumblebee and Carpenter bee; everybody says them.
- Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of bee”?
- Most people start with Honey bee, Bumblebee, Carpenter bee, Mason bee and Leafcutter bee. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of bee”?
- 73 in all: 7 on The Tip, 33 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 10 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of bee”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Osmia” and the longest is “White-tailed bumblebee”.
- Is “Name a type of bee” 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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