Nature trivia
Name a type of goose
“Name a type of goose” is one of 98 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 73 accepted answers, 7 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.
- Canada goose
- Greylag goose
- Barnacle goose
- Brent goose
- Snow goose
- Egyptian goose
- Pink-footed goose
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- White-fronted goose
- Bean goose
- Lesser white-fronted goose
- Bar-headed goose
- Swan goose
- Chinese goose
- African goose
- Toulouse goose
- Embden goose
- Pilgrim goose
- Sebastopol goose
- Roman goose
- Brown Chinese goose
- Cackling goose
- Ross's goose
- Emperor goose
- Red-breasted goose
- Cape Barren goose
- Magpie goose
- Spur-winged goose
- Orinoco goose
- Blue-winged goose
- Andean goose
- Ashy-headed goose
- Ruddy-headed goose
- Kelp goose
- Upland goose
- Cotton pygmy goose
- Pygmy goose
- Maned goose
- Australian wood duck
- Blue goose
- Goose barnacle
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsCanada goose · Greylag goose · Barnacle goose
- Below the Surface33 answers · 25 ptsWhite-fronted goose · Bean goose · Lesser white-fronted goose …
- 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, B, C, N and P. The Abyss has 10 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 73 answers in total, 66 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Chen”. Longest: “Lesser white-fronted goose”.
- C, B and A are the most common first letters; together they start 59% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Canada goose, Greylag goose and Barnacle goose 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a type of goose”?
- The usual first answers are Canada goose, Greylag goose, Barnacle goose, Brent goose and Snow goose. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of goose”?
- 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.
- Which answers to “Name a type of goose” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Chen” and the longest is “Lesser white-fronted goose”.
- How hard is “Name a type of goose”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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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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