Wildcard trivia
Name something that has an expiry date
122 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.
- Milk
- Passport
- Driving licence
- Yoghurt
- Medicine
- Credit card
- Food
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Eggs
- Meat
- Cheese
- Bread
- Ham
- Tinned food
- Coupon
- Gift card
- Visa
- ID card
- Contract
- Warranty
- Subscription
- Season ticket
- Membership
- Library card
- Software licence
- Domain name
- SSL certificate
- Insurance
- MOT certificate
- Parking permit
- Prescription
- Vaccine
- Antibiotics
- Sunscreen
- Contact lenses
- Mascara
- Perfume
- Baby food
- Formula milk
- Flour
- Spices
- Cereal
- Crisps
- Juice
- Soft drinks
- Lottery ticket
- Scratchcard
- Special offer
- Loyalty points
- Air miles
- Gift voucher
The iceberg for “Name something that has an expiry date”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsMilk · Passport · Driving licence
- Below the Surface43 answers · 25 ptsEggs · Meat · Cheese …
- The Deep39 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss32 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 39 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 122 answers in total, 70 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ham”. Longest: “Carbon monoxide detector”.
- C, S and P are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 24 answers can be typed more than one way: “Alcohol licence” counts as Liquor licence.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Milk, Passport and Driving licence; 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 that has an expiry date”?
- Most people start with Milk, Passport, Driving licence, Yoghurt and Medicine. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something that has an expiry date”?
- 122 in all: 7 on The Tip, 43 Below the Surface, 39 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that has an expiry date”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ham” and the longest is “Carbon monoxide detector”.
- Is “Name something that has an expiry date” 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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