Science trivia
Name a geometric shape
148 answers count for this science prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Circle
- Square
- Triangle
- Rectangle
- Pentagon
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Hexagon
- Octagon
- Oval
- Rhombus
- Trapezoid
- Parallelogram
- Star
- Heart
- Cube
- Sphere
- Pyramid
- Cylinder
- Cone
- Heptagon
- Ellipse
- Prism
- Nonagon
- Decagon
- Kite
- Crescent
- Semicircle
- Cuboid
- Cross
- Torus
The iceberg for “Name a geometric shape”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 24 | 25 |
| The Deep | 35 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 83 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, C, D, E, F, H, I, K, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 83 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 148 answers in total, 32 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Arc”. Longest: “Small stellated dodecahedron”.
- S, H and C are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 32 answers can be typed more than one way: “Rectangular prism” counts as Cuboid.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Circle, Square and Triangle; everybody says them.
- For people, think of the scientists behind a law or a unit you already know.
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What the words mean
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a geometric shape”?
- Most people start with Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle and Pentagon. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a geometric shape”?
- 148 in all: 5 on The Tip, 24 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 83 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a geometric shape”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Arc” and the longest is “Small stellated dodecahedron”.
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