Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in a museum
“Name something you find in a museum” is one of 274 wildcard prompts in Icillion. Of its 118 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Paintings
- Statues
- Skeletons
- Dinosaur bones
- Gift shop
- Guards
- Tickets
One step down
These 46 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Exhibits
- Artefacts
- Fossils
- Mummies
- Sculptures
- Pottery
- Coins
- Jewellery
- Armour
- Swords
- Weapons
- Clothing
- Costumes
- Furniture
- Tapestries
- Maps
- Manuscripts
- Documents
- Photographs
- Models
- Dioramas
- Stuffed animals
- Bones
- Skulls
- Minerals
- Gems
- Meteorites
- Planets
- Globes
- Clocks
- Cars
- Planes
- Trains
- Rockets
- Space capsule
- Information boards
- Audio guides
- Cafe
- Cloakroom
- Lockers
- Toilets
- Benches
- Glass cases
- Velvet ropes
- Barriers
- Security cameras
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsPaintings · Statues · Skeletons
- Below the Surface46 answers · 25 ptsExhibits · Artefacts · Fossils …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss24 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, L, M, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 24 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 118 answers in total, 55 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Moa”. Longest: “Beethoven's skull fragments”.
- C, M and S are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “T. rex cast” counts as Diplodocus cast.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Paintings, Statues and Skeletons are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something you find in a museum”?
- The usual first answers are Paintings, Statues, Skeletons, Dinosaur bones and Gift shop. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you find in a museum”?
- 118 in all: 7 on The Tip, 46 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 24 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you find in a museum” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Moa” and the longest is “Beethoven's skull fragments”.
- How hard is “Name something you find in a museum”?
- 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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