Wildcard trivia
Name something that glows
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 190 answers to “Name something that glows”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Firefly
- Glow stick
- Light bulb
- Moon
- Candle
Just below the surface
These 31 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Sun
- Star
- Fire
- Embers
- Lava
- Lamp
- Torch
- Lantern
- Night light
- Lava lamp
- Neon sign
- Glow-in-the-dark stars
- Fairy lights
- Glow worm
- Jellyfish
- Anglerfish
- Phone screen
- TV
- Computer screen
- Traffic light
- Lightsaber
- Rudolph's nose
- Northern lights
- Lightning
- Lighthouse
- Jack-o'-lantern
- Fireworks
- Sparkler
- LED
- Cat's eyes
- Tinker Bell
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsFirefly · Glow stick · Light bulb
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsSun · Star · Fire …
- The Deep66 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss87 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 66 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 87 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 190 answers in total, 119 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “TV”. Longest: “International Space Station”.
- S, L and P are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 94 answers can be typed more than one way: “Nightlight” counts as Night light.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (24). Run through it first.
- Skip Firefly, Glow stick and Light bulb; 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 that glows”?
- Most people start with Firefly, Glow stick, Light bulb, Moon and Candle. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something that glows”?
- 190 in all: 5 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 66 in The Deep, 87 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that glows”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “TV” and the longest is “International Space Station”.
- Is “Name something that glows” 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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