Wildcard trivia
Name something yellow
185 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.
- Banana
- Sun
- Lemon
- School bus
- Taxi
Below the waterline
These 28 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Sunflower
- Duck
- Cheese
- Corn
- Egg yolk
- Butter
- Pineapple
- Mustard
- Chick
- Bee
- Canary
- Lemonade
- Pikachu
- SpongeBob
- The Simpsons
- Minion
- Gold
- Daffodil
- Dandelion
- Highlighter
- Pencil
- Post-it note
- Tennis ball
- Smiley face
- Amber light
- Yellow card
- Hard hat
- Hi-vis vest
The iceberg for “Name something yellow”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsBanana · Sun · Lemon
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsSunflower · Duck · Cheese …
- The Deep76 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 76 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 75 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 185 answers in total, 82 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Io”. Longest: “Tour de France leader's jersey”.
- Y, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 72 answers can be typed more than one way: “Huang He” counts as Yellow River.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with Y than with any other letter (21). Run through it first.
- Skip Banana, Sun and Lemon; 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 yellow”?
- Most people start with Banana, Sun, Lemon, School bus and Taxi. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something yellow”?
- 185 in all: 5 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 76 in The Deep, 75 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something yellow”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Io” and the longest is “Tour de France leader's jersey”.
- Is “Name something yellow” 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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