Computer Science trivia
Name a smartphone brand
87 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.
- Apple
- Samsung
- Google Pixel
- Huawei
- Xiaomi
Below the waterline
These 18 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- OnePlus
- Oppo
- Vivo
- Sony
- Nokia
- Motorola
- LG
- HTC
- BlackBerry
- Realme
- Honor
- Asus
- Lenovo
- ZTE
- TCL
- Alcatel
- Tecno
- Infinix
The iceberg for “Name a smartphone brand”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 35 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 28 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, U, V and W. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 87 answers in total, 6 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “BQ”. Longest: “Microsoft Lumia”.
- S, P and L are the most common first letters; together they start 24% of the answers.
- 11 answers can be typed more than one way: “Letv” counts as LeEco.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
- Skip Apple, Samsung and Google Pixel; everybody says them.
- Standards and their organisations hide many deep answers.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a smartphone brand”?
- Most people start with Apple, Samsung, Google Pixel, Huawei and Xiaomi. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a smartphone brand”?
- 87 in all: 5 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a smartphone brand”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “BQ” and the longest is “Microsoft Lumia”.
- Is “Name a smartphone brand” 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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