Nature trivia
Name a horse breed
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a horse breed”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 181 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Arabian
- Thoroughbred
- Mustang
- Clydesdale
- Shetland pony
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Appaloosa
- Quarter Horse
- Friesian
- Shire
- Lipizzaner
- Andalusian
- Percheron
- Morgan
- American Paint Horse
- Palomino
- Pinto
- Tennessee Walking Horse
- Belgian
- Haflinger
- Icelandic horse
- Fjord horse
- Welsh pony
- Akhal-Teke
- Falabella
- Miniature horse
- Gypsy Vanner
How deep does “Name a horse breed” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 21 | 25 |
| The Deep | 43 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 111 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 43 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 111 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 181 answers in total, 94 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Barb”. Longest: “Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse”.
- S, M and A are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 57 answers can be typed more than one way: “Saddlebred” counts as American Saddlebred.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Arabian, Thoroughbred and Mustang 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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What the words mean
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a horse breed”?
- The usual first answers are Arabian, Thoroughbred, Mustang, Clydesdale and Shetland pony. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a horse breed”?
- 181 in all: 5 on The Tip, 21 Below the Surface, 43 in The Deep, 111 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a horse breed” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Barb” and the longest is “Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horse”.
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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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