Wildcard trivia
Name a reason to throw a party
66 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
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Birthday
- Wedding
- Christmas
- New Year
- Graduation
- Halloween
- Retirement
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Engagement
- Anniversary
- Baby shower
- Housewarming
- Promotion
- Leaving party
- Thanksgiving
- Easter
- Fourth of July
- Super Bowl
- Gender reveal
- Hen party
- Christening
- Passing exams
- End of school
- Divorce
The iceberg for “Name a reason to throw a party”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBirthday · Wedding · Christmas
- Below the Surface16 answers · 25 ptsEngagement · Anniversary · Baby shower …
- The Deep23 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss19 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 23 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, H, M, O, P, Q, R, S and W. The Abyss has 19 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 66 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eid”. Longest: “Paying off the mortgage”.
- P, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 37 answers can be typed more than one way: “The weekend” counts as Friday.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with P than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
- Skip Birthday, Wedding and Christmas; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a reason to throw a party”?
- Most people start with Birthday, Wedding, Christmas, New Year and Graduation. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a reason to throw a party”?
- 66 in all: 7 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 19 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a reason to throw a party”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eid” and the longest is “Paying off the mortgage”.
- Is “Name a reason to throw a party” 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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