Science trivia
Name something people are commonly allergic to
“Name something people are commonly allergic to” is one of 69 science prompts in Icillion. Of its 159 accepted answers, 10 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Peanut
- Pollen
- Dust mite
- Cat
- Dog
- Shellfish
- Egg
- Milk
- Tree nut
- Bee sting
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Fish
- Soy
- Wheat
- Mold
- Grass
- Latex
- Sesame
- Penicillin
- Nickel
- Ragweed
- Pet dander
- Antibiotic
- Perfume
- Shrimp
- Tree pollen
- Strawberry
- Chocolate
- Aspirin
- Almond
- Walnut
- Cashew
- Hazelnut
- Crab
- Lobster
- Mustard
- Sunlight
- Poison ivy
- Cockroach
- Feather
- Horse
- Banana
- Kiwi
- Tomato
- Corn
- Celery
Answers by level
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsPeanut · Pollen · Dust mite
- Below the Surface35 answers · 25 ptsFish · Soy · Wheat …
- The Deep57 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss56 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 57 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, L, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 56 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 159 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cat”. Longest: “Plane tree pollen”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.
- 30 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gluten” counts as Wheat.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 27 of the answers begin with it.
- Peanut, Pollen and Dust mite are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something people are commonly allergic to”?
- The usual first answers are Peanut, Pollen, Dust mite, Cat and Dog. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something people are commonly allergic to”?
- 159 in all: 10 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 57 in The Deep, 56 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something people are commonly allergic to” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cat” and the longest is “Plane tree pollen”.
- How hard is “Name something people are commonly allergic to”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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