Wildcard trivia
Name something you can boil
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 105 answers to “Name something you can boil”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Water
- Egg
- Kettle
- Potatoes
- Pasta
- Rice
- Milk
Just below the surface
These 47 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Vegetables
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Peas
- Sprouts
- Sweetcorn
- Beetroot
- Beans
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Noodles
- Dumplings
- Sausages
- Hot dogs
- Ham
- Bacon
- Beef
- Chicken
- Lobster
- Crab
- Prawns
- Mussels
- Crayfish
- Soup
- Stock
- Broth
- Gravy
- Jam
- Marmalade
- Syrup
- Sugar
- Toffee
- Fudge
- Candy
- Tea
- Coffee
- Cocoa
- Washing
- Whites
- Nappies
- Dishcloths
- Bandages
- Instruments
- Baby bottles
- Bottles
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsWater · Egg · Kettle
- Below the Surface47 answers · 25 ptsVegetables · Broccoli · Carrots …
- The Deep30 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss20 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 30 answers starting with B, C, F, G, H, J, K, M, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 20 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 105 answers in total, 22 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Egg”. Longest: “Christmas pudding”.
- B, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Sorghum” counts as Sorghum syrup.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (16). Run through it first.
- Skip Water, Egg and Kettle; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you can boil”?
- Most people start with Water, Egg, Kettle, Potatoes and Pasta. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you can boil”?
- 105 in all: 7 on The Tip, 47 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 20 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you can boil”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Egg” and the longest is “Christmas pudding”.
- Is “Name something you can boil” 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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