Wildcard trivia
Name something you put in soup
118 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
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Onion
- Celery
- Salt
- Pepper
- Bread
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Chicken
- Beef
- Bacon
- Ham
- Sausage
- Noodles
- Pasta
- Rice
- Barley
- Lentils
- Beans
- Peas
- Tomatoes
- Garlic
- Leeks
- Parsnips
- Swede
- Turnip
- Cabbage
- Kale
- Spinach
- Mushrooms
- Sweetcorn
- Pumpkin
- Squash
- Sweet potato
- Cream
- Milk
- Butter
- Cheese
- Croutons
- Parsley
- Coriander
- Chilli
- Ginger
- Lemon
- Stock
- Stock cube
- Bay leaf
- Thyme
- Dumplings
- Matzo balls
- Wontons
- Egg
The iceberg for “Name something you put in soup”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsCarrots · Potatoes · Onion
- Below the Surface44 answers · 25 ptsChicken · Beef · Bacon …
- The Deep41 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss25 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, D, E, F, G, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 25 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 118 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Egg”. Longest: “Saw-tooth coriander”.
- B, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bors” counts as Borș.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Carrots, Potatoes and Onion; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you put in soup”?
- Most people start with Carrots, Potatoes, Onion, Celery and Salt. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you put in soup”?
- 118 in all: 7 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 41 in The Deep, 25 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you put in soup”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Egg” and the longest is “Saw-tooth coriander”.
- Is “Name something you put in soup” 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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