Wildcard trivia
Name something sharp
208 answers count for this wildcard prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Knife
- Scissors
- Needle
- Sword
- Razor
Below the waterline
These 32 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Pin
- Drawing pin
- Nail
- Pencil
- Axe
- Saw
- Dagger
- Shark tooth
- Teeth
- Cactus
- Thorn
- Broken glass
- Claw
- Fang
- Arrow
- Spear
- Scalpel
- Barbed wire
- Cheese grater
- Porcupine
- Hedgehog
- Fork
- Talon
- Icicle
- Syringe
- Machete
- Bee sting
- Horn
- Paper
- Holly
- Shears
- Spike
The iceberg for “Name something sharp”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsKnife · Scissors · Needle
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsPin · Drawing pin · Nail …
- The Deep95 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss75 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 95 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 75 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 208 answers in total, 80 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Awl”. Longest: “Sleeping Beauty's spindle”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 88 answers can be typed more than one way: “Thumbtack” counts as Drawing pin.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (42). Run through it first.
- Skip Knife, Scissors and Needle; everybody says them.
- Pop culture counts: cartoon characters, logos and video game items are all fair game.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something sharp”?
- Most people start with Knife, Scissors, Needle, Sword and Razor. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something sharp”?
- 208 in all: 5 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 95 in The Deep, 75 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something sharp”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Awl” and the longest is “Sleeping Beauty's spindle”.
- Is “Name something sharp” 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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