Wildcard trivia
Name a reason someone is late for work
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 96 answers to “Name a reason someone is late for work”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Traffic
- Overslept
- Car broke down
- Alarm didn't go off
- Missed the bus
- Train was late
- Flat tyre
- Sick
- Kids
- Bad weather
- Accident
- Couldn't find keys
Just below the surface
These 24 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Doctor's appointment
- Dentist appointment
- Ran out of gas
- Road works
- Car wouldn't start
- Hangover
- Family emergency
- Pet was sick
- Walking the dog
- Long line at coffee shop
- Power cut
- Forgot something
- Got lost
- Detour
- Bridge was up
- Train strike
- Parking
- Locked out
- Stuck in an elevator
- Babysitter was late
- Kid was sick
- Woke up late
- Phone died
- Wrong time zone
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsTraffic · Overslept · Car broke down
- Below the Surface24 answers · 25 ptsDoctor's appointment · Dentist appointment · Ran out of gas …
- The Deep38 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss21 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 38 answers starting with B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 21 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 96 answers in total, 74 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fog”. Longest: “Neighbour blocked the driveway”.
- S, F and P are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 39 answers can be typed more than one way: “Power outage” counts as Power cut.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (12). Run through it first.
- Skip Traffic, Overslept and Car broke down; 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 a reason someone is late for work”?
- Most people start with Traffic, Overslept, Car broke down, Alarm didn't go off and Missed the bus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a reason someone is late for work”?
- 96 in all: 12 on The Tip, 24 Below the Surface, 38 in The Deep, 21 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a reason someone is late for work”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fog” and the longest is “Neighbour blocked the driveway”.
- Is “Name a reason someone is late for work” 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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