Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in a playground
124 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.
- Swings
- Slide
- Seesaw
- Roundabout
- Climbing frame
- Sandpit
- Monkey bars
Below the waterline
These 42 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Merry-go-round
- Spring rider
- Springy animals
- Rocking horse
- Zip wire
- Zip line
- Tunnel
- Tyre swing
- Tire swing
- Rope bridge
- Balance beam
- Stepping stones
- Trampoline
- Hopscotch
- Four square
- Basketball hoop
- Football goal
- Climbing wall
- Climbing net
- Cargo net
- Fireman's pole
- Playhouse
- Wendy house
- Sandpit toys
- Buckets and spades
- Bench
- Benches
- Bins
- Fence
- Gate
- Safety surface
- Wet pour
- Bark chippings
- Rubber matting
- Wood chips
- Kids
- Children
- Parents
- Prams
- Dogs
- Teachers
- Dinner ladies
The iceberg for “Name something you find in a playground”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSwings · Slide · Seesaw
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsMerry-go-round · Spring rider · Springy animals …
- The Deep41 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss33 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 41 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, J, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 33 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 124 answers in total, 79 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bus”. Longest: “Spider web climber”.
- S, B and T are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (24). Run through it first.
- Skip Swings, Slide and Seesaw; 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 playground”?
- Most people start with Swings, Slide, Seesaw, Roundabout and Climbing frame. 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 playground”?
- 124 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 41 in The Deep, 33 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find in a playground”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bus” and the longest is “Spider web climber”.
- Is “Name something you find in a playground” 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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