Wildcard trivia
Name an excuse for not doing your homework
“Name an excuse for not doing your homework” is one of 274 wildcard prompts in Icillion. Of its 43 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- The dog ate it
- I forgot
- I was sick
- I lost it
- I left it at home
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- I didn't understand it
- The computer crashed
- The printer broke
- I had football practice
- Family emergency
- I didn't know we had homework
- I was busy
- I had a headache
- The internet was down
- I did it but forgot it
- Power cut
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsThe dog ate it · I forgot · I was sick
- Below the Surface11 answers · 25 ptsI didn't understand it · The computer crashed · The printer broke …
- The Deep14 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss12 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 14 answers starting with G, I, M, S, T and W. The Abyss has 12 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 43 answers in total, 43 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “I forgot”. Longest: “My little brother spilled juice on it”.
- I, T and M are the most common first letters; together they start 84% of the answers.
- 38 answers can be typed more than one way: “Left it on the bus” counts as I left it on the bus.
How to go deeper
- Start with I: 25 of the answers begin with it.
- The dog ate it, I forgot and I was sick 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name an excuse for not doing your homework”?
- The usual first answers are The dog ate it, I forgot, I was sick, I lost it and I left it at home. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an excuse for not doing your homework”?
- 43 in all: 5 on The Tip, 11 Below the Surface, 14 in The Deep, 12 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an excuse for not doing your homework” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “I forgot” and the longest is “My little brother spilled juice on it”.
- How hard is “Name an excuse for not doing your homework”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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