Culture trivia
Name a bank
“Name a bank” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 239 accepted answers, 11 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 11 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Barclays
- HSBC
- Lloyds
- NatWest
- Santander
- Chase
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
- Citibank
- Bank of Ireland
- AIB
One step down
These 45 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Goldman Sachs
- Morgan Stanley
- Deutsche Bank
- BNP Paribas
- Credit Suisse
- UBS
- Royal Bank of Scotland
- Halifax
- Nationwide
- TSB
- Monzo
- Revolut
- Starling Bank
- First Direct
- Virgin Money
- Ulster Bank
- Permanent TSB
- Bank of Scotland
- Bank of England
- European Central Bank
- Federal Reserve
- Capital One
- US Bank
- PNC
- TD Bank
- American Express
- Lehman Brothers
- Merrill Lynch
- Standard Chartered
- ING
- RBC
- Scotiabank
- ANZ
- Westpac
- Commonwealth Bank
- World Bank
- Bank of China
- ICBC
- Mitsubishi UFJ
- Co-operative Bank
- Metro Bank
- Nordea
- Rabobank
- Commerzbank
- Société Générale
Answers by level
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsBarclays · HSBC · Lloyds
- Below the Surface45 answers · 25 ptsGoldman Sachs · Morgan Stanley · Deutsche Bank …
- The Deep96 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss86 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 96 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 86 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 239 answers in total, 124 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “AIB”. Longest: “Landesbank Baden-Württemberg”.
- B, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 27 answers can be typed more than one way: “Starling” counts as Starling Bank.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 31 of the answers begin with it.
- Barclays, HSBC and Lloyds are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a bank”?
- The usual first answers are Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a bank”?
- 239 in all: 11 on The Tip, 45 Below the Surface, 96 in The Deep, 86 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a bank” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “AIB” and the longest is “Landesbank Baden-Württemberg”.
- How hard is “Name a bank”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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