Nature trivia
Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird
Everyone has a first answer to “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 199 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Platypus
- Snake
- Turtle
- Frog
- Crocodile
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Fish
- Lizard
- Spider
- Insect
- Reptile
- Amphibian
- Alligator
- Tortoise
- Echidna
- Octopus
- Squid
- Butterfly
- Moth
- Ant
- Bee
- Wasp
- Mosquito
- Fly
- Ladybird
- Beetle
- Cockroach
- Snail
- Slug
- Salmon
- Toad
- Newt
- Salamander
- Shark
- Dinosaur
- Sea turtle
- Iguana
- Gecko
- Chameleon
- Komodo dragon
- Python
- Cobra
- Goldfish
- Crab
- Lobster
- Clownfish
How deep does “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsPlatypus · Snake · Turtle
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsFish · Lizard · Spider …
- The Deep90 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss63 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 90 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S and T. The Abyss has 63 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 199 answers in total, 60 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ant”. Longest: “Olive ridley turtle”.
- S, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 36 answers can be typed more than one way: “Small-spotted catshark” counts as Catshark.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 29 of the answers begin with it.
- Platypus, Snake and Turtle are safe but shallow. Aim past 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 do most people say for “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird”?
- The usual first answers are Platypus, Snake, Turtle, Frog and Crocodile. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird”?
- 199 in all: 5 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 90 in The Deep, 63 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ant” and the longest is “Olive ridley turtle”.
- How hard is “Name an animal that lays eggs but is not a bird”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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