Wildcard trivia
Name something made of metal
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 256 answers to “Name something made of metal”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Coin
- Key
- Car
- Spoon
- Can
Just below the surface
These 35 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Fork
- Knife
- Saucepan
- Frying pan
- Nail
- Screw
- Paperclip
- Scissors
- Hammer
- Spanner
- Ring
- Necklace
- Watch
- Bicycle
- Train
- Aeroplane
- Ship
- Sword
- Armour
- Trophy
- Medal
- Bell
- Trumpet
- Robot
- Railings
- Lamppost
- Filing cabinet
- Safe
- Kettle
- Radiator
- Bridge
- Chain
- Zip
- Needle
- Shopping trolley
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsCoin · Key · Car
- Below the Surface35 answers · 25 ptsFork · Knife · Saucepan …
- The Deep98 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss117 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 98 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 117 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 256 answers in total, 97 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Axe”. Longest: “International Space Station”.
- S, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 107 answers can be typed more than one way: “Oxygen tank” counts as Scuba tank.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (41). Run through it first.
- Skip Coin, Key and Car; 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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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something made of metal”?
- Most people start with Coin, Key, Car, Spoon and Can. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something made of metal”?
- 256 in all: 5 on The Tip, 35 Below the Surface, 98 in The Deep, 117 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something made of metal”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Axe” and the longest is “International Space Station”.
- Is “Name something made of metal” 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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