Nature trivia
Name a famous real animal
“Name a famous real animal” is one of 48 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 225 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Laika
- Dolly the sheep
- Hachiko
- Harambe
- Grumpy Cat
One step down
These 30 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Balto
- Koko
- Paul the Octopus
- Knut
- Keiko
- Moo Deng
- Cecil the lion
- Seabiscuit
- Secretariat
- Red Rum
- Tilikum
- Ham the chimp
- Punxsutawney Phil
- Rin Tin Tin
- Jumbo
- Bucephalus
- Lonesome George
- Larry the cat
- Fiona the hippo
- Greyfriars Bobby
- Togo
- Kabosu
- Shergar
- Elsa the lioness
- Clever Hans
- Belka
- Strelka
- Phar Lap
- Wojtek
- Bubbles
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsLaika · Dolly the sheep · Hachiko
- Below the Surface30 answers · 25 ptsBalto · Koko · Paul the Octopus …
- The Deep75 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss114 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 75 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 114 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 225 answers in total, 126 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Boo”. Longest: “Snowball the cockatoo”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 60 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gus” counts as Gus the polar bear.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 24 of the answers begin with it.
- Laika, Dolly the sheep and Hachiko are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a famous real animal”?
- The usual first answers are Laika, Dolly the sheep, Hachiko, Harambe and Grumpy Cat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous real animal”?
- 225 in all: 5 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 75 in The Deep, 114 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous real animal” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Boo” and the longest is “Snowball the cockatoo”.
- How hard is “Name a famous real animal”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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