Nature trivia
Name a mammal that lives in the sea
141 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
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Whale
- Dolphin
- Seal
- Sea lion
- Walrus
Below the waterline
These 25 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Orca
- Manatee
- Sea otter
- Narwhal
- Beluga
- Porpoise
- Blue whale
- Humpback whale
- Dugong
- Sperm whale
- Bottlenose dolphin
- Elephant seal
- Fur seal
- Leopard seal
- Grey whale
- Harbour seal
- Grey seal
- Harp seal
- Minke whale
- Fin whale
- Right whale
- Bowhead whale
- Pilot whale
- Monk seal
- California sea lion
The iceberg for “Name a mammal that lives in the sea”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsWhale · Dolphin · Seal
- Below the Surface25 answers · 25 ptsOrca · Manatee · Sea otter …
- The Deep51 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss59 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, P, R, S, V and W. The Abyss has 59 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 141 answers in total, 129 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Orca”. Longest: “Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin”.
- S, B and H are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 32 answers can be typed more than one way: “Southern sea lion” counts as South American sea lion.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (23). Run through it first.
- Skip Whale, Dolphin and Seal; everybody says them.
- Breeds and varieties are a goldmine for rare answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a mammal that lives in the sea”?
- Most people start with Whale, Dolphin, Seal, Sea lion and Walrus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a mammal that lives in the sea”?
- 141 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 59 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a mammal that lives in the sea”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Orca” and the longest is “Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin”.
- Is “Name a mammal that lives in the sea” 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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