Screen trivia
Name a Pokémon type
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Pokémon type”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 19 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Fire
- Water
- Grass
- Electric
- Normal
- Psychic
- Ghost
- Dragon
- Fighting
- Flying
The next answers people reach for
These 7 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Poison
- Ground
- Rock
- Bug
- Ice
- Dark
- Steel
How deep does “Name a Pokémon type” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsFire · Water · Grass
- Below the Surface7 answers · 25 ptsPoison · Ground · Rock …
- The Deep1 answer · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss0 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 1 answers starting with S. The Abyss has 0 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 19 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Bug”. Longest: “Fighting”.
- F, G and D are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- Start with F: 4 of the answers begin with it.
- Fire, Water and Grass are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Older entries in a long series are often forgotten.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a Pokémon type”?
- The usual first answers are Fire, Water, Grass, Electric and Normal. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Pokémon type”?
- 19 in all: 10 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 1 in The Deep, 0 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Pokémon type” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bug” and the longest is “Fighting”.
- How hard is “Name a Pokémon type”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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