Wildcard trivia
Name something dusty
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something dusty”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 85 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Books
- Shelves
- Attic
- Furniture
- Desert
- Road
- Piano
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Bookcase
- Window sills
- Ceiling fan
- Blinds
- Lampshade
- Skirting boards
- Picture frames
- Top of the wardrobe
- Under the bed
- Behind the sofa
- Cobwebs
- Old boxes
- Old records
- Vinyl
- Trophies
- Medals
- Ornaments
- Antiques
- Stuffed animals
- Dried flowers
- Silk flowers
- Fake plants
- Radiators
- TV screen
- Computer fan
- Cars
- Dashboard
- Farm track
- Dirt track
- Builders
- Chalk
- Flour
- Sawdust
- Plaster
- Concrete
- Sand
- Sandstorm
- Haboob
- Dust devil
- Sahara
- Mars
How deep does “Name something dusty” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBooks · Shelves · Attic
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsBookcase · Window sills · Ceiling fan …
- The Deep21 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss15 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, F, H, L, M, O, P, Q, S, T and W. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 85 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Barn”. Longest: “Top of the wardrobe”.
- C, S and D are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- Books, Shelves and Attic are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something dusty”?
- The usual first answers are Books, Shelves, Attic, Furniture and Desert. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something dusty”?
- 85 in all: 7 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something dusty” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Barn” and the longest is “Top of the wardrobe”.
- How hard is “Name something dusty”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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