Nature trivia
Name an extinct animal
“Name an extinct animal” is one of 39 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 85 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Dinosaur
- Dodo
- Woolly mammoth
- Sabre-toothed tiger
- Megalodon
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Tasmanian tiger
- Passenger pigeon
- Woolly rhinoceros
- Cave bear
- Mastodon
- Moa
- Great auk
- Irish elk
- Trilobite
- Stellers sea cow
- Quagga
- Pterodactyl
- Cave lion
- Neanderthal
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 14 | 25 |
| The Deep | 31 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 34 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 31 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, L, M, P, T, W and X. The Abyss has 34 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 85 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Moa”. Longest: “Western black rhinoceros”.
- A, P and C are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 19 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hell pig” counts as Entelodont.
Getting below the surface
- Start with A: 9 of the answers begin with it.
- Dinosaur, Dodo and Woolly mammoth are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.
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What the words mean
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name an extinct animal”?
- The usual first answers are Dinosaur, Dodo, Woolly mammoth, Sabre-toothed tiger and Megalodon. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an extinct animal”?
- 85 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 34 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an extinct animal” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Moa” and the longest is “Western black rhinoceros”.
Try another nature prompt
- Name a mushroom
- Name a tree or flowering plant
- Name a type of crab
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- Name a sea creature that is not a fish
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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