Wildcard trivia
Name something gold
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 102 answers to “Name something gold”, and only 7 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Gold bar
- Gold medal
- Ring
- Crown
- Treasure
- Coin
- Trophy
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Wedding ring
- Sovereign
- Doubloon
- Pirate treasure
- Fort Knox
- King Midas
- Goldfish
- Goldilocks
- Goldfinger
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Golden Retriever
- Golden eagle
- Oscar
- Honey
- Sunflower
- Daffodil
- Buttercup
- Dandelion
- Corn
- Wheat
- Banana
- Lemon
- Butter
- Mustard
- Golden Ticket
- Golden Snitch
- Golden Compass
- Golden Goose
- Golden egg
- Golden Arches
- Gold tooth
- Gold chain
- Gold watch
- Rolex
- Gold bullion
- Gold leaf
- Gold dust
- Gold rush
- Klondike
- El Dorado
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGold bar · Gold medal · Ring
- Below the Surface40 answers · 25 ptsWedding ring · Sovereign · Doubloon …
- The Deep27 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss27 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 27 answers starting with A, B, D, G, H, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 27 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 102 answers in total, 70 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Au”. Longest: “Welcome Stranger nugget”.
- G, B and D are the most common first letters; together they start 55% of the answers.
- 13 answers can be typed more than one way: “Harmandir Sahib” counts as Golden Temple.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with G than with any other letter (44). Run through it first.
- Skip Gold bar, Gold medal and Ring; everybody says them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name something gold”?
- Most people start with Gold bar, Gold medal, Ring, Crown and Treasure. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something gold”?
- 102 in all: 7 on The Tip, 40 Below the Surface, 27 in The Deep, 27 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something gold”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Au” and the longest is “Welcome Stranger nugget”.
- Is “Name something gold” 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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