Wildcard trivia
Name something you find in the desert
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.
- Sand
- Camels
- Cacti
- Scorpions
- Snakes
- Oasis
- Sun
Below the waterline
These 47 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Dunes
- Sand dunes
- Rocks
- Canyons
- Mesas
- Buttes
- Dust
- Dust devils
- Sandstorms
- Heat
- Mirage
- Tumbleweed
- Cactus
- Prickly pear
- Saguaro
- Joshua tree
- Agave
- Yucca
- Date palm
- Acacia
- Lizards
- Geckos
- Rattlesnakes
- Sidewinders
- Vultures
- Eagles
- Roadrunners
- Coyotes
- Foxes
- Fennec fox
- Meerkats
- Jackrabbits
- Kangaroo rats
- Tarantulas
- Camel spiders
- Beetles
- Nomads
- Bedouin
- Tuareg
- Tents
- Caravans
- Wells
- Pyramids
- Sphinx
- Ghost towns
- Bones
- Skulls
The iceberg for “Name something you find in the desert”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSand · Camels · Cacti
- Below the Surface47 answers · 25 ptsDunes · Sand dunes · Rocks …
- The Deep41 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss28 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, H, I, J, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 124 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Reg”. Longest: “Very Large Telescope”.
- S, A and C are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (16). Run through it first.
- Skip Sand, Camels and Cacti; 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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- What are the most common answers to “Name something you find in the desert”?
- Most people start with Sand, Camels, Cacti, Scorpions and Snakes. 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 the desert”?
- 124 in all: 7 on The Tip, 47 Below the Surface, 41 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you find in the desert”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Reg” and the longest is “Very Large Telescope”.
- Is “Name something you find in the desert” 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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