Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in a picnic basket
107 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
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Sandwiches
- Blanket
- Crisps
- Fruit
- Sausage rolls
- Cake
- Lemonade
Below the waterline
These 42 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Plates
- Cups
- Cutlery
- Knives
- Forks
- Spoons
- Napkins
- Tablecloth
- Wine
- Beer
- Cider
- Juice
- Water
- Flask
- Tea
- Coffee
- Cheese
- Crackers
- Ham
- Pork pie
- Scotch eggs
- Hard-boiled eggs
- Salad
- Coleslaw
- Potato salad
- Quiche
- Pasties
- Strawberries
- Grapes
- Apples
- Bananas
- Biscuits
- Cookies
- Chocolate
- Scones
- Jam
- Cream
- Sandwich fillings
- Pickles
- Olives
- Hummus
- Dips
The iceberg for “Name something you find in a picnic basket”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSandwiches · Blanket · Crisps
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsPlates · Cups · Cutlery …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss22 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with B, C, E, G, I, P, R, S and W. The Abyss has 22 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 107 answers in total, 38 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ham”. Longest: “Sandwiches wrapped in greaseproof paper”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 52% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Fortnum's” counts as Fortnum & Mason hamper.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (25). Run through it first.
- Skip Sandwiches, Blanket and Crisps; 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 find in a picnic basket”?
- Most people start with Sandwiches, Blanket, Crisps, Fruit and Sausage rolls. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you find in a picnic basket”?
- 107 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 22 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find in a picnic basket”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ham” and the longest is “Sandwiches wrapped in greaseproof paper”.
- Is “Name something you find in a picnic basket” 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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