Wildcard trivia
Name something poisonous
“Name something poisonous” is one of 274 wildcard prompts in Icillion. Of its 136 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Snake
- Spider
- Mushroom
- Arsenic
- Cyanide
- Bleach
- Deadly nightshade
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Apple pips
- Apple seeds
- Rhubarb leaves
- Hemlock
- Foxglove
- Yew
- Oleander
- Laburnum
- Monkshood
- Belladonna
- Death cap
- Fly agaric
- Destroying angel
- Toadstool
- Poison ivy
- Poison oak
- Poison sumac
- Castor beans
- Strychnine
- Lead
- Mercury
- Antifreeze
- Rat poison
- Weedkiller
- Pesticide
- Paint
- Petrol
- Pufferfish
- Fugu
- Poison dart frog
- Cane toad
- Scorpion
- Black widow
- Redback
- Funnel-web
- Brown recluse
- Box jellyfish
- Blue-ringed octopus
- Stonefish
- Cone snail
- Portuguese man o' war
- Coral snake
- Cobra
- Viper
- Rattlesnake
- Mamba
- Taipan
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSnake · Spider · Mushroom
- Below the Surface47 answers · 25 ptsApple pips · Apple seeds · Rhubarb leaves …
- The Deep63 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss18 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 63 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and V. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 136 answers in total, 62 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “VX”. Longest: “Portuguese man o' war”.
- P, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ricin” counts as Castor beans.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 19 of the answers begin with it.
- Snake, Spider and Mushroom are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something poisonous”?
- The usual first answers are Snake, Spider, Mushroom, Arsenic and Cyanide. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something poisonous”?
- 136 in all: 7 on The Tip, 47 Below the Surface, 63 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something poisonous” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “VX” and the longest is “Portuguese man o' war”.
- How hard is “Name something poisonous”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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