Wildcard trivia
Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse
Everyone has a first answer to “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 79 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
- Food
- Water
- Baseball bat
- Knife
- Car
- Axe
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Shotgun
- Crossbow
- Chainsaw
- Machete
- Sword
- Bullets
- First aid kit
- Bunker
- Flashlight
- Batteries
- Backpack
- Friends
- Armour
- Helmet
- Map
- Radio
- Fuel
- Boots
- Lighter
How deep does “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsGun · Food · Water
- Below the Surface19 answers · 25 ptsShotgun · Crossbow · Chainsaw …
- The Deep28 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss24 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 28 answers starting with B, C, D, F, G, H, M, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 24 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 79 answers in total, 21 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Axe”. Longest: “Zombie survival guide”.
- B, F and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 28 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bag” counts as Backpack.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Gun, Food and Water are safe but shallow. Aim past 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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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse”?
- The usual first answers are Gun, Food, Water, Baseball bat and Knife. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse”?
- 79 in all: 7 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 24 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Axe” and the longest is “Zombie survival guide”.
- How hard is “Name something you would need in a zombie apocalypse”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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