Culture trivia
Name a board game
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 118 answers to “Name a board game”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Monopoly
- Chess
- Scrabble
- Checkers
- Clue
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Catan
- Risk
- Trivial Pursuit
- Jenga
- Snakes and ladders
- Battleship
- Connect Four
- Pictionary
- Ludo
- Backgammon
- Guess Who
- Operation
- Mouse Trap
- Twister
- Go
- Dominoes
- Mahjong
- Candy Land
- Sorry
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 19 | 25 |
| The Deep | 44 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 49 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 44 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, W, X and Y. The Abyss has 49 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 118 answers in total, 42 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Go”. Longest: “Betrayal at House on the Hill”.
- C, T and S are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 18 answers can be typed more than one way: “Draughts” counts as Checkers.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Monopoly, Chess and Scrabble; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a board game”?
- Most people start with Monopoly, Chess, Scrabble, Checkers and Clue. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a board game”?
- 118 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 44 in The Deep, 49 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a board game”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Go” and the longest is “Betrayal at House on the Hill”.
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