Nature trivia
Name a type of monkey or ape
“Name a type of monkey or ape” is one of 98 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 183 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Gorilla
- Chimpanzee
- Orangutan
- Baboon
- Capuchin
- Spider Monkey
- Howler Monkey
- Gibbon
- Bonobo
- Mandrill
- Macaque
- Marmoset
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Squirrel Monkey
- Rhesus Macaque
- Japanese Macaque
- Barbary Macaque
- Proboscis Monkey
- Colobus Monkey
- Vervet Monkey
- Siamang
- Gelada
- Tamarin
- Golden Lion Tamarin
- Emperor Tamarin
- Cotton-top Tamarin
- Pygmy Marmoset
- Common Marmoset
- Titi Monkey
- Woolly Monkey
- Uakari
- Saki Monkey
- Night Monkey
- Langur
- Snub-nosed Monkey
- Golden Snub-nosed Monkey
- Lar Gibbon
- Mountain Gorilla
- Western Lowland Gorilla
- Bornean Orangutan
- Sumatran Orangutan
- Drill
- Guenon
- Patas Monkey
- Mangabey
- Hanuman Langur
- Long-tailed Macaque
- Mantled Howler
- Black-handed Spider Monkey
- White-faced Capuchin
- Lion-tailed Macaque
- Celebes Crested Macaque
- Pig-tailed Macaque
- Stump-tailed Macaque
- Bonnet Macaque
- Toque Macaque
- Hamadryas Baboon
- Olive Baboon
- Chacma Baboon
- Yellow Baboon
- Guinea Baboon
- Hoolock Gibbon
- Agile Gibbon
- Silvery Gibbon
- Javan Gibbon
- Eastern Gorilla
- Black-and-white Colobus
- King Colobus
- Western Red Colobus
- Mantled Guereza
- Green Monkey
- Mona Monkey
- Diana Monkey
- De Brazza's Monkey
- Blue Monkey
- Sykes' Monkey
- Talapoin
- Brown Capuchin
- Muriqui
- Red Howler Monkey
- Common Squirrel Monkey
- Black Lion Tamarin
- Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
- Western Chimpanzee
- Eastern Chimpanzee
- Cross River Gorilla
- Tapanuli Orangutan
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsGorilla · Chimpanzee · Orangutan
- Below the Surface74 answers · 25 ptsSquirrel Monkey · Rhesus Macaque · Japanese Macaque …
- The Deep58 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss38 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 58 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 38 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 183 answers in total, 160 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Drill”. Longest: “Central American Squirrel Monkey”.
- B, G and C are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 30 answers can be typed more than one way: “Preuss's Monkey” counts as Preuss's Guenon.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 23 of the answers begin with it.
- Gorilla, Chimpanzee and Orangutan 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 type of monkey or ape”?
- The usual first answers are Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Orangutan, Baboon and Capuchin. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a type of monkey or ape”?
- 183 in all: 12 on The Tip, 74 Below the Surface, 58 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a type of monkey or ape” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Drill” and the longest is “Central American Squirrel Monkey”.
- How hard is “Name a type of monkey or ape”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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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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