Nature trivia
Name a nocturnal animal
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 92 answers to “Name a nocturnal animal”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Owl
- Bat
- Fox
- Raccoon
- Hedgehog
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Moth
- Badger
- Opossum
- Firefly
- Cockroach
- Mouse
- Rat
- Skunk
- Leopard
- Aardvark
- Kiwi
- Sugar glider
- Bushbaby
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 13 | 25 |
| The Deep | 41 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 32 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 41 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, K, L, N, O, P, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 92 answers in total, 20 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bat”. Longest: “Tasmanian devil”.
- F, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Possum” counts as Opossum.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with F than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Owl, Bat and Fox; everybody says them.
- Go local: species from one continent or one ocean are often left out by everybody else.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a nocturnal animal”?
- Most people start with Owl, Bat, Fox, Raccoon and Hedgehog. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a nocturnal animal”?
- 92 in all: 5 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 41 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a nocturnal animal”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bat” and the longest is “Tasmanian devil”.
- Is “Name a nocturnal animal” an easy or a hard prompt?
- 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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