Culture trivia
Name a Halloween costume
“Name a Halloween costume” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 271 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Witch
- Ghost
- Vampire
- Zombie
- Skeleton
- Pumpkin
- Devil
- Werewolf
- Mummy
- Frankenstein
- Pirate
- Cat
One step down
These 74 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Angel
- Bat
- Spider
- Clown
- Scarecrow
- Grim Reaper
- Cowboy
- Nurse
- Doctor
- Police officer
- Firefighter
- Superhero
- Batman
- Superman
- Spider-Man
- Wonder Woman
- Catwoman
- Joker
- Harley Quinn
- Princess
- Fairy
- Mermaid
- Ninja
- Astronaut
- Alien
- Robot
- Dinosaur
- Dracula
- Michael Myers
- Freddy Krueger
- Jason Voorhees
- Chucky
- Pennywise
- Ghostface
- Cheerleader
- Wizard
- Hippie
- Caveman
- Knight
- Viking
- Elsa
- Cinderella
- Snow White
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Alice in Wonderland
- Mad Hatter
- Harry Potter
- Darth Vader
- Mario
- Pikachu
- Minion
- Woody
- Elvis
- Mickey Mouse
- Dorothy
- Wicked Witch
- Beetlejuice
- Jack Skellington
- Wednesday Addams
- Sugar skull
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Banana
- Unicorn
- Bee
- Ladybird
- Cow
- Tiger
- Lion
- Hot dog
- Mad scientist
- Flapper
- Disco dancer
- Gladiator
- Jack-o-lantern
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsWitch · Ghost · Vampire
- Below the Surface74 answers · 25 ptsAngel · Bat · Spider …
- The Deep114 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss70 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 114 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 70 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 271 answers in total, 91 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bat”. Longest: “Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
- C, M and P are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 34 answers can be typed more than one way: “Corpse bride” counts as Zombie bride.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 26 of the answers begin with it.
- Witch, Ghost and Vampire 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 Halloween costume”?
- The usual first answers are Witch, Ghost, Vampire, Zombie and Skeleton. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Halloween costume”?
- 271 in all: 12 on The Tip, 74 Below the Surface, 114 in The Deep, 70 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Halloween costume” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bat” and the longest is “Creature from the Black Lagoon”.
- How hard is “Name a Halloween costume”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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