Wildcard trivia
Name something you find at a circus
113 answers count for this wildcard prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Clowns
- Elephants
- Lions
- Acrobats
- Tightrope walkers
- Trapeze
- Big top
Below the waterline
These 42 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Ringmaster
- Jugglers
- Trampolines
- Unicyclists
- Stilt walkers
- Fire eaters
- Sword swallowers
- Magicians
- Contortionists
- Strongmen
- Bearded lady
- Fortune teller
- Cannon
- Tigers
- Horses
- Ponies
- Dogs
- Monkeys
- Seals
- Bears
- Camels
- Zebras
- Popcorn
- Candyfloss
- Toffee apples
- Hot dogs
- Balloons
- Tents
- Posters
- Spotlights
- Drums
- Trumpets
- Calliope
- Organ
- Red nose
- Big shoes
- Custard pie
- Water squirter
- Cream pie
- Clown car
- Tiny car
- Tickets
The iceberg for “Name something you find at a circus”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsClowns · Elephants · Lions
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsRingmaster · Jugglers · Trampolines …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss23 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 23 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 113 answers in total, 50 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Net”. Longest: “Knife thrower's assistant”.
- C, T and B are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Clowns, Elephants and Lions; everybody says them.
- Think of things, then of words: keys can be on a piano, on a map or off the coast of Florida.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you find at a circus”?
- Most people start with Clowns, Elephants, Lions, Acrobats and Tightrope walkers. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you find at a circus”?
- 113 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 23 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find at a circus”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Net” and the longest is “Knife thrower's assistant”.
- Is “Name something you find at a circus” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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