Computer Science trivia
Name a technology company
“Name a technology company” is one of 42 computer science prompts in Icillion. Of its 111 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Apple
- Microsoft
- Amazon
- Samsung
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Meta
- Tesla
- Intel
- IBM
- Sony
- Nvidia
- Netflix
- Oracle
- Dell
- HP
- Cisco
- Adobe
- Uber
- Airbnb
- Spotify
- Huawei
- Xiaomi
- Nokia
- Lenovo
- LG
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 45 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, Y and Z. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 111 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “HP”. Longest: “Digital Equipment Corporation”.
- S, A and T are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “TCS” counts as Tata Consultancy Services.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- Apple, Google and Microsoft are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Go down the stack: from apps to protocols to the hardware underneath.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a technology company”?
- The usual first answers are Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and Samsung. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a technology company”?
- 111 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a technology company” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “HP” and the longest is “Digital Equipment Corporation”.
- How hard is “Name a technology company”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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