Wildcard trivia
Name something cold
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 154 answers to “Name something cold”, and only 5 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.
- Ice
- Snow
- Ice cream
- Fridge
- Freezer
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Winter
- Antarctica
- North Pole
- Iceberg
- Glacier
- Ice cube
- Snowman
- Penguin
- Polar bear
- Icicle
- Frost
- Hail
- Ice lolly
- Slushie
- Milkshake
- Cold drink
- Iced tea
- Iced coffee
- Beer
- Lemonade
- Smoothie
- Frozen yoghurt
- Sorbet
- Gelato
- Ice rink
- Igloo
- Snowflake
- Blizzard
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsIce · Snow · Ice cream
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsWinter · Antarctica · North Pole …
- The Deep60 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss60 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 60 answers starting with A, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 154 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “K2”. Longest: “Cosmic microwave background”.
- S, C and I are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.
- 67 answers can be typed more than one way: “Cold compress” counts as Ice pack.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (23). Run through it first.
- Skip Ice, Snow and Ice cream; everybody says them.
- Think of things, then of words: keys can be on a piano, on a map or off the coast of Florida.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something cold”?
- Most people start with Ice, Snow, Ice cream, Fridge and Freezer. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something cold”?
- 154 in all: 5 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 60 in The Deep, 60 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something cold”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “K2” and the longest is “Cosmic microwave background”.
- Is “Name something cold” 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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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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