Science trivia
Name a type of cancer
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 125 answers to “Name a type of cancer”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Breast cancer
- Lung cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Skin cancer
- Colon cancer
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Brain cancer
- Melanoma
- Pancreatic cancer
Just below the surface
These 27 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Ovarian cancer
- Cervical cancer
- Liver cancer
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney cancer
- Stomach cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Testicular cancer
- Throat cancer
- Esophageal cancer
- Bone cancer
- Uterine cancer
- Mouth cancer
- Sarcoma
- Carcinoma
- Multiple myeloma
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
- Mesothelioma
- Head and neck cancer
- Laryngeal cancer
- Tongue cancer
- Basal cell carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Glioblastoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Lip cancer
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsBreast cancer · Lung cancer · Prostate cancer
- Below the Surface27 answers · 25 ptsOvarian cancer · Cervical cancer · Liver cancer …
- The Deep42 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss45 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 42 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 125 answers in total, 92 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Sarcoma”. Longest: “Desmoplastic small round cell tumor”.
- M, C and A are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 58 answers can be typed more than one way: “Neuroendocrine tumour” counts as Neuroendocrine tumor.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (13). Run through it first.
- Skip Breast cancer, Lung cancer and Prostate cancer; everybody says them.
- Units of measurement go far beyond metres and grams.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a type of cancer”?
- Most people start with Breast cancer, Lung cancer, Prostate cancer, Skin cancer and Colon cancer. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a type of cancer”?
- 125 in all: 10 on The Tip, 27 Below the Surface, 42 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a type of cancer”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Sarcoma” and the longest is “Desmoplastic small round cell tumor”.
- Is “Name a type of cancer” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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