Nature trivia
Name a bird that cannot fly
48 answers count for this nature prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 8 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Ostrich
- Emu
- Penguin
- Kiwi
- Cassowary
- Rhea
- Kakapo
- Dodo
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Weka
- Moa
- Elephant bird
- Great auk
- Steamer duck
- Flightless cormorant
- Galápagos cormorant
- Inaccessible Island rail
- Kagu
- Chicken
- Turkey
The iceberg for “Name a bird that cannot fly”
- The Tip8 answers · 10 ptsOstrich · Emu · Penguin
- Below the Surface11 answers · 25 ptsWeka · Moa · Elephant bird …
- The Deep19 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss9 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 19 answers starting with A, B, C, G, H, L, N, O, R, T and W. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 48 answers in total, 29 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Emu”. Longest: “New Zealand owlet-nightjar”.
- G, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Galapagos cormorant” counts as Galápagos cormorant.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with G than with any other letter (7). Run through it first.
- Skip Ostrich, Emu and Penguin; 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 bird that cannot fly”?
- Most people start with Ostrich, Emu, Penguin, Kiwi and Cassowary. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a bird that cannot fly”?
- 48 in all: 8 on The Tip, 11 Below the Surface, 19 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a bird that cannot fly”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Emu” and the longest is “New Zealand owlet-nightjar”.
- Is “Name a bird that cannot fly” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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