Wildcard trivia
Name something that has layers
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 137 answers to “Name something that has layers”, and only 7 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.
- Onion
- Cake
- Lasagne
- Earth
- Atmosphere
- Ogre
- Clothes
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Sandwich
- Trifle
- Burger
- Sponge cake
- Wedding cake
- Birthday cake
- Layer cake
- Rainbow cake
- Jelly
- Pastry
- Puff pastry
- Filo
- Baklava
- Croissant
- Tiramisu
- Parfait
- Cocktail
- Pousse-café
- Latte macchiato
- Tequila sunrise
- B-52
- Seven-layer dip
- Nachos
- Cabbage
- Lettuce
- Leek
- Artichoke
- Garlic
- Tulip bulb
- Skin
- Epidermis
- Hair
- Tree trunk
- Tree rings
- Rock
- Sedimentary rock
- Strata
- Canyon
- Grand Canyon
- Cliffs
- Sea cliffs
- Glacier
- Ice core
- Ocean
- Lake
- Sky
- Clouds
- Rainbow
How the answers sink
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsOnion · Cake · Lasagne
- Below the Surface48 answers · 25 ptsSandwich · Trifle · Burger …
- The Deep51 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss30 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 51 answers starting with A, B, C, E, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 30 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 137 answers in total, 59 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eye”. Longest: “Mohorovičić discontinuity”.
- S, C and T are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Core-mantle boundary” counts as Core–mantle boundary.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (21). Run through it first.
- Skip Onion, Cake and Lasagne; 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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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something that has layers”?
- Most people start with Onion, Cake, Lasagne, Earth and Atmosphere. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something that has layers”?
- 137 in all: 7 on The Tip, 48 Below the Surface, 51 in The Deep, 30 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something that has layers”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eye” and the longest is “Mohorovičić discontinuity”.
- Is “Name something that has layers” 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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