Culture trivia
Name a classical composer
“Name a classical composer” is one of 30 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 215 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Frederic Chopin
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
One step down
These 25 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Joseph Haydn
- George Frideric Handel
- Johannes Brahms
- Franz Schubert
- Richard Wagner
- Claude Debussy
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Franz Liszt
- Antonin Dvorak
- Edvard Grieg
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Robert Schumann
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Gustav Mahler
- Johann Strauss II
- Giacomo Puccini
- Igor Stravinsky
- Maurice Ravel
- Erik Satie
- Camille Saint-Saens
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Gioachino Rossini
- Edward Elgar
- Gustav Holst
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 25 | 25 |
| The Deep | 62 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 122 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 62 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 122 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 215 answers in total, 213 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Leonin”. Longest: “Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina”.
- A, G and J are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 174 answers can be typed more than one way: “Weber” counts as Carl Maria von Weber.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with A: 24 of the answers begin with it.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Sebastian Bach are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a classical composer”?
- The usual first answers are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Frederic Chopin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a classical composer”?
- 215 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 62 in The Deep, 122 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a classical composer” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Leonin” and the longest is “Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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