Wildcard trivia
Name something you can throw
175 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
Right, but shallow: 7 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Ball
- Frisbee
- Party
- Tantrum
- Punch
- Stone
- Dart
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Javelin
- Discus
- Shot put
- Hammer
- Boomerang
- Dice
- Spear
- Axe
- Knife
- Snowball
- Paper plane
- Pie
- Tomato
- Egg
- Water balloon
- Bouquet
- Garter
- Confetti
- Rice
- Hat in the ring
- Shade
- Fit
- Wobbly
- Game
- Pot
- Voice
- Caution to the wind
- Weight around
- Curveball
- Lasso
- Net
- Anchor
- Rope
- Lifebelt
- Bone
- Stick
- Tennis ball
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling ball
- Cricket ball
- Rugby pass
- Pizza dough
- Pancake
- Hay bale
- Caber
- Welly
- Shoe
- Slipper
- Bottle
- Pillow
- Cushion
- Towel
- Sickie
The iceberg for “Name something you can throw”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsBall · Frisbee · Party
- Below the Surface54 answers · 25 ptsJavelin · Discus · Shot put …
- The Deep77 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss36 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 77 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 36 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 175 answers in total, 59 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Axe”. Longest: “Tomatoes at La Tomatina”.
- S, C and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 21 answers can be typed more than one way: “Molotov” counts as Molotov cocktail.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (29). Run through it first.
- Skip Ball, Frisbee and Party; 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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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name something you can throw”?
- Most people start with Ball, Frisbee, Party, Tantrum and Punch. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something you can throw”?
- 175 in all: 7 on The Tip, 54 Below the Surface, 77 in The Deep, 36 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something you can throw”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Axe” and the longest is “Tomatoes at La Tomatina”.
- Is “Name something you can throw” 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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