Wildcard trivia
Name something that happens once a year
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 125 answers to “Name something that happens once a year”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Birthday
- Christmas
- Easter
- New Year
- Halloween
- Valentine's Day
- Thanksgiving
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Eid
- Diwali
- Hanukkah
- Passover
- Ramadan
- Chinese New Year
- Mother's Day
- Father's Day
- Black Friday
- Bonfire Night
- Burns Night
- St Patrick's Day
- Pancake Day
- Oktoberfest
- Super Bowl
- Eurovision
- Wimbledon
- Grand National
- Boat Race
- Tour de France
- Glastonbury
- Coachella
- Notting Hill Carnival
- Rio Carnival
- Mardi Gras
- La Tomatina
- Running of the Bulls
- Burning Man
- Hajj
- Tax return
- Clocks changing
- Summer solstice
- Winter solstice
- Harvest festival
- MOT
- Flu jab
- School photo
- Wedding anniversary
- Remembrance Day
- Independence Day
- Bastille Day
- Australia Day
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBirthday · Christmas · Easter
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsEid · Diwali · Hanukkah …
- The Deep43 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss32 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 43 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 125 answers in total, 76 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eid”. Longest: “Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling”.
- S, B and H are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Academy Awards” counts as Oscars.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Birthday, Christmas and Easter; everybody says them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something that happens once a year”?
- Most people start with Birthday, Christmas, Easter, New Year and Halloween. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something that happens once a year”?
- 125 in all: 7 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 43 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that happens once a year”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eid” and the longest is “Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling”.
- Is “Name something that happens once a year” 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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