Wildcard trivia
Name something that happens once in a lifetime
74 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.
- Birth
- Death
- First kiss
- Wedding
- Graduation
- Winning the lottery
- Halley's Comet
Below the waterline
These 27 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Total solar eclipse
- Passing your driving test
- Retirement
- First love
- Losing your first tooth
- Meeting a hero
- Seeing the northern lights
- Skydive
- Walking on the moon
- Going to space
- Winning Olympic gold
- Winning the World Cup
- Nobel Prize
- Coronation
- Royal wedding
- Moon landing
- Great Comet
- Birth of your first child
- Becoming a grandparent
- 100th birthday
- Telegram from the King
- Golden wedding
- Diamond wedding
- Becoming President
- Papal conclave
- Millennium
- Leap second
The iceberg for “Name something that happens once in a lifetime”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBirth · Death · First kiss
- Below the Surface27 answers · 25 ptsTotal solar eclipse · Passing your driving test · Retirement …
- The Deep21 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss18 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 21 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, N, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 74 answers in total, 65 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Birth”. Longest: “Hosting the Olympics in your home city”.
- C, G and B are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “Supernova 1987A” counts as SN 1987A.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
- Skip Birth, Death and First kiss; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name something that happens once in a lifetime”?
- Most people start with Birth, Death, First kiss, Wedding and Graduation. 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 in a lifetime”?
- 74 in all: 7 on The Tip, 27 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that happens once in a lifetime”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Birth” and the longest is “Hosting the Olympics in your home city”.
- Is “Name something that happens once in a lifetime” 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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