Computer Science trivia
Name a typeface or font
116 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Arial
- Times New Roman
- Helvetica
- Comic Sans
- Calibri
Below the waterline
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Verdana
- Georgia
- Courier New
- Garamond
- Futura
- Impact
- Papyrus
- Tahoma
- Trebuchet MS
- Palatino
- Baskerville
- Gill Sans
- Bodoni
- Century Gothic
- Roboto
The iceberg for “Name a typeface or font”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsArial · Times New Roman · Helvetica
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsVerdana · Georgia · Courier New …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss60 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, I, L, M, O, P, R, S, U, W and Z. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 116 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “DIN”. Longest: “Century Schoolbook”.
- C, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Trebuchet” counts as Trebuchet MS.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (21). Run through it first.
- Skip Arial, Times New Roman and Helvetica; 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 typeface or font”?
- Most people start with Arial, Times New Roman, Helvetica, Comic Sans and Calibri. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a typeface or font”?
- 116 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 60 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a typeface or font”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “DIN” and the longest is “Century Schoolbook”.
- Is “Name a typeface or font” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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