Wildcard trivia
Name something you can see in the night sky
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you can see in the night sky”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 164 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Moon
- Stars
- Planet
- Shooting star
- Plane
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Venus
- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Mercury
- North Star
- Big Dipper
- Orion
- Milky Way
- Constellation
- Comet
- Satellite
- International Space Station
- Northern lights
- Clouds
- Lightning
- Fireworks
- Bats
- Owl
- Moths
- Fireflies
- Drone
- Helicopter
- Full moon
- Crescent moon
- Blood moon
- Meteor shower
- Little Dipper
How deep does “Name something you can see in the night sky” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMoon · Stars · Planet
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsVenus · Mars · Jupiter …
- The Deep65 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss65 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 65 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 65 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 164 answers in total, 63 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Owl”. Longest: “International Space Station”.
- S, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 77 answers can be typed more than one way: “Crux” counts as Southern Cross.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 20 of the answers begin with it.
- Moon, Stars and Planet are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something you can see in the night sky”?
- The usual first answers are Moon, Stars, Planet, Shooting star and Plane. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you can see in the night sky”?
- 164 in all: 5 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 65 in The Deep, 65 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you can see in the night sky” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Owl” and the longest is “International Space Station”.
- How hard is “Name something you can see in the night sky”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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