Wildcard trivia
Name something you'd see at a birthday party
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you'd see at a birthday party”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 179 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.
- Cake
- Balloon
- Present
- Candle
- Party hat
The next answers people reach for
These 34 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Birthday card
- Banner
- Bunting
- Streamers
- Party bag
- Party popper
- Ice cream
- Sweets
- Crisps
- Sandwiches
- Jelly
- Cupcake
- Pizza
- Fizzy drink
- Friends
- Clown
- Magician
- Bouncy castle
- Music
- Dancing
- Pass the parcel
- Musical chairs
- Pin the tail on the donkey
- Piñata
- Party blower
- Confetti
- Wrapping paper
- Paper plate
- Birthday boy
- Happy Birthday
- Children
- Party games
- Birthday badge
- Face painting
How deep does “Name something you'd see at a birthday party” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsCake · Balloon · Present
- Below the Surface34 answers · 25 ptsBirthday card · Banner · Bunting …
- The Deep73 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss66 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 73 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 66 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 179 answers in total, 94 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “DJ”. Longest: “Cheese and pineapple on sticks”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 101 answers can be typed more than one way: “Slush puppy” counts as Slushie.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 28 of the answers begin with it.
- Cake, Balloon and Present are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something you'd see at a birthday party”?
- The usual first answers are Cake, Balloon, Present, Candle and Party hat. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you'd see at a birthday party”?
- 179 in all: 5 on The Tip, 34 Below the Surface, 73 in The Deep, 66 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you'd see at a birthday party” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “DJ” and the longest is “Cheese and pineapple on sticks”.
- How hard is “Name something you'd see at a birthday party”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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