Wildcard trivia
Name something you can shoot
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you can shoot”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 116 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Gun
- Arrow
- Basketball
- Film
- Photo
- Pool
- Video
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Rifle
- Pistol
- Bow
- Crossbow
- Cannon
- Bullet
- Laser
- Web
- Breeze
- Hoops
- Goal
- Penalty
- Free throw
- Three-pointer
- Puck
- Football
- Soccer ball
- Craps
- Marbles
- Snooker
- Scene
- Commercial
- Advert
- Music video
- Documentary
- Portrait
- Wedding
- Sunset
- Landscape
- Selfie
- Up
- Down
- Past
- Messenger
- Moon
- Starting pistol
- Flare
- Fireworks
- Rocket
- Missile
- Torpedo
- Clay pigeons
- Target
- Bullseye
- Tin cans
- Ducks
- Pheasant
- Grouse
- Deer
- Rats
- Rabbits
- Foxes
- Squirrel
- Bottle
- Apple off a head
How deep does “Name something you can shoot” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGun · Arrow · Basketball
- Below the Surface55 answers · 25 ptsRifle · Pistol · Bow …
- The Deep31 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss22 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 31 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, W and Z. The Abyss has 22 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 116 answers in total, 39 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Up”. Longest: “Ping pong ball cannon”.
- P, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 16 answers can be typed more than one way: “Movie” counts as Film.
How to go deeper
- Start with P: 18 of the answers begin with it.
- Gun, Arrow and Basketball are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name something you can shoot”?
- The usual first answers are Gun, Arrow, Basketball, Film and Photo. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you can shoot”?
- 116 in all: 7 on The Tip, 55 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 22 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you can shoot” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Up” and the longest is “Ping pong ball cannon”.
- How hard is “Name something you can shoot”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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