Wildcard trivia
Name something you would take to a desert island
67 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Knife
- Water
- Food
- Phone
- Lighter
- Book
- Rope
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Tent
- Sunscreen
- Fishing rod
- Hat
- Axe
- Machete
- Blanket
- Torch
- First aid kit
- Radio
- Water filter
- Toothbrush
- Sunglasses
- Music
- Partner
- Dog
- Boat
The iceberg for “Name something you would take to a desert island”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsKnife · Water · Food
- Below the Surface17 answers · 25 ptsTent · Sunscreen · Fishing rod …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss20 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, M, P, S and T. The Abyss has 20 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 67 answers in total, 19 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Axe”. Longest: “A satellite phone”.
- S, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 30 answers can be typed more than one way: “Sun cream” counts as Sunscreen.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
- Skip Knife, Water and Food; 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 would take to a desert island”?
- Most people start with Knife, Water, Food, Phone and Lighter. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you would take to a desert island”?
- 67 in all: 7 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 20 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you would take to a desert island”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Axe” and the longest is “A satellite phone”.
- Is “Name something you would take to a desert island” 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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