Wildcard trivia
Name something that floats
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something that floats”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 178 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Boat
- Iceberg
- Balloon
- Duck
- Log
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Rubber duck
- Ship
- Raft
- Canoe
- Kayak
- Life jacket
- Rubber ring
- Lilo
- Beach ball
- Ice cube
- Cork
- Feather
- Leaf
- Bubble
- Cloud
- Hot air balloon
- Airship
- Buoy
- Lifebuoy
- Sponge
- Apple
- Coconut
- Lily pad
- Swan
- Plastic bottle
- Ping pong ball
- Surfboard
- Pool noodle
- Oil
- Paper boat
- Astronaut
- Jellyfish
How deep does “Name something that floats” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsBoat · Iceberg · Balloon
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsRubber duck · Ship · Raft …
- The Deep79 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss61 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 79 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 61 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 178 answers in total, 68 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Boo”. Longest: “Huckleberry Finn's raft”.
- P, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 77 answers can be typed more than one way: “Chinese lantern” counts as Sky lantern.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 32 of the answers begin with it.
- Boat, Iceberg and Balloon 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name something that floats”?
- The usual first answers are Boat, Iceberg, Balloon, Duck and Log. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something that floats”?
- 178 in all: 5 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 79 in The Deep, 61 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something that floats” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Boo” and the longest is “Huckleberry Finn's raft”.
- How hard is “Name something that floats”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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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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