What do most people say for “Name a whale or dolphin”?

The usual first answers are Blue whale, Humpback whale and Bottlenose dolphin. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a whale or dolphin”?

25 in all: 3 on The Tip, 6 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a whale or dolphin” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Orca” and the longest is “Southern right whale”.

Nature trivia

Name a whale or dolphin

“Name a whale or dolphin” is one of 39 nature prompts in Icillion. Of its 25 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Blue whale
Humpback whale
Bottlenose dolphin

One step down

These 6 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Orca
Sperm whale
Beluga
Narwhal
Fin whale
Grey whale

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	6	25
The Deep	6	50
The Abyss	9	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 6 answers starting with A, B, C, M, P and S. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

25 answers in total, 22 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Orca”. Longest: “Southern right whale”.
B, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 48% of the answers.
2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gray whale” counts as Grey whale.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with B: 5 of the answers begin with it.
Blue whale, Humpback whale and Bottlenose dolphin are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Extinct and prehistoric animals count wherever the prompt allows them.

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