What do most people say for “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?

The usual first answers are Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, Diego Maradona and Neymar. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?

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 famous football (soccer) player, past or present” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Cafu” and the longest is “Bastian Schweinsteiger”.

How hard is “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Culture trivia

Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present

“Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present” is one of 60 culture 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

Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Lionel Messi
Cristiano Ronaldo
Pele
Diego Maradona
Neymar

One step down

These 20 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Kylian Mbappe
Zinedine Zidane
David Beckham
Erling Haaland
Wayne Rooney
Luis Suarez
Robert Lewandowski
Mohamed Salah
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Thierry Henry
Ronaldinho
Johan Cruyff
Franz Beckenbauer
Andres Iniesta
Xavi
Kevin De Bruyne
Luka Modric
Karim Benzema
Harry Kane
Ronaldo Nazario

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, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K, M, P, R, S and V. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

111 answers in total, 98 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Cafu”. Longest: “Bastian Schweinsteiger”.
R, G and M are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
96 answers can be typed more than one way: “Charlton” counts as Bobby Charlton.

Getting below the surface

Start with R: 12 of the answers begin with it.
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Pele are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?: The usual first answers are Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pele, Diego Maradona and Neymar. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?: 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 famous football (soccer) player, past or present” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Cafu” and the longest is “Bastian Schweinsteiger”.
How hard is “Name a famous football (soccer) player, past or present”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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