Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in a cellar
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 104 answers to “Name something you find in a cellar”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Wine
- Spiders
- Boxes
- Coal
- Barrels
- Stairs
- Darkness
Just below the surface
These 40 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Beer
- Casks
- Bottles
- Wine rack
- Shelves
- Preserves
- Jam
- Pickles
- Potatoes
- Apples
- Vegetables
- Sacks
- Dust
- Cobwebs
- Rats
- Mice
- Boiler
- Furnace
- Pipes
- Fuse box
- Water meter
- Washing machine
- Tumble dryer
- Freezer
- Tools
- Workbench
- Paint tins
- Old furniture
- Suitcases
- Trunk
- Mould
- Damp
- Candle
- Lantern
- Torch
- Light bulb
- Trapdoor
- Ladder
- Coal chute
- Coal hole
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsWine · Spiders · Boxes
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsBeer · Casks · Bottles …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss16 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, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 104 answers in total, 33 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Jam”. Longest: “Smuggler's tunnel”.
- S, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (19). Run through it first.
- Skip Wine, Spiders and Boxes; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you find in a cellar”?
- Most people start with Wine, Spiders, Boxes, Coal and Barrels. 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 cellar”?
- 104 in all: 7 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find in a cellar”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Jam” and the longest is “Smuggler's tunnel”.
- Is “Name something you find in a cellar” 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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