Computer Science trivia
Name a key on a computer keyboard
64 answers count for this computer science 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.
- Enter
- Space bar
- Shift
Below the waterline
These 10 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Escape
- Tab
- Control
- Alt
- Delete
- Backspace
- Caps Lock
- Windows key
- Command
- Arrow keys
The iceberg for “Name a key on a computer keyboard”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 10 | 25 |
| The Deep | 25 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 25 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 25 answers starting with A, E, F, H, I, M, N, O, P and S. The Abyss has 25 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 64 answers in total, 26 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “F1”. Longest: “Print Screen”.
- F, C and H are the most common first letters; together they start 42% of the answers.
- 17 answers can be typed more than one way: “Cmd” counts as Command.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with F than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Enter, Space bar and Shift; everybody says them.
- Standards and their organisations hide many deep answers.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a key on a computer keyboard”?
- Most people start with Enter, Space bar and Shift. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a key on a computer keyboard”?
- 64 in all: 3 on The Tip, 10 Below the Surface, 25 in The Deep, 25 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a key on a computer keyboard”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “F1” and the longest is “Print Screen”.
- Is “Name a key on a computer keyboard” 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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