Wildcard trivia
Name something you find at a fairground
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 113 answers to “Name something you find at a fairground”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Rollercoaster
- Ferris wheel
- Carousel
- Candyfloss
- Dodgems
- Coconut shy
- Ghost train
Just below the surface
These 41 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Big wheel
- Merry-go-round
- Waltzer
- Helter-skelter
- Log flume
- Teacups
- Haunted house
- Hall of mirrors
- Fun house
- Test your strength
- High striker
- Hoopla
- Darts
- Shooting gallery
- Rifle range
- Tin can alley
- Basketball
- Skee-ball
- Penny falls
- Penny arcade
- Slot machines
- Claw machine
- Toffee apples
- Doughnuts
- Hot dogs
- Burgers
- Popcorn
- Fish and chips
- Rock
- Stick of rock
- Goldfish in bags
- Teddy bears
- Prizes
- Tickets
- Tokens
- Lights
- Music
- Generators
- Showmen
- Gypsies
- Travellers
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsRollercoaster · Ferris wheel · Carousel
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsBig wheel · Merry-go-round · Waltzer …
- The Deep45 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss19 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 19 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 113 answers in total, 60 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bobs”. Longest: “Mechanical fortune teller”.
- S, T and G are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Rollercoaster, Ferris wheel and Carousel; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you find at a fairground”?
- Most people start with Rollercoaster, Ferris wheel, Carousel, Candyfloss and Dodgems. 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 fairground”?
- 113 in all: 7 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 19 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find at a fairground”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bobs” and the longest is “Mechanical fortune teller”.
- Is “Name something you find at a fairground” 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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