Culture trivia
Name a hotel chain
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a hotel chain”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 207 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Hilton
- Marriott
- Holiday Inn
- Hyatt
- Sheraton
- Best Western
- Ritz-Carlton
- Radisson
- Premier Inn
- Travelodge
- Ibis
- Four Seasons
The next answers people reach for
These 44 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Hampton Inn
- Days Inn
- Comfort Inn
- Quality Inn
- Ramada
- Wyndham
- Novotel
- Sofitel
- Mercure
- Accor
- InterContinental
- Crowne Plaza
- Waldorf Astoria
- Westin
- W Hotels
- St. Regis
- Fairmont
- Hard Rock Hotel
- Motel 6
- Super 8
- La Quinta
- Red Roof Inn
- Embassy Suites
- DoubleTree
- Courtyard by Marriott
- Residence Inn
- Holiday Inn Express
- Renaissance
- Mandarin Oriental
- Shangri-La
- Peninsula
- Kempinski
- Raffles
- Aman
- Park Hyatt
- Grand Hyatt
- Hyatt Regency
- Jurys Inn
- Radisson Blu
- Hilton Garden Inn
- Conrad
- Kimpton
- Moxy
- Aloft
How deep does “Name a hotel chain” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsHilton · Marriott · Holiday Inn
- Below the Surface44 answers · 25 ptsHampton Inn · Days Inn · Comfort Inn …
- The Deep70 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss80 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 70 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 80 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 207 answers in total, 129 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “RIU”. Longest: “Leading Hotels of the World”.
- S, C and H are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 19 answers can be typed more than one way: “Omni” counts as Omni Hotels.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 21 of the answers begin with it.
- Hilton, Marriott and Holiday Inn are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a hotel chain”?
- The usual first answers are Hilton, Marriott, Holiday Inn, Hyatt and Sheraton. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a hotel chain”?
- 207 in all: 12 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 70 in The Deep, 80 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a hotel chain” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “RIU” and the longest is “Leading Hotels of the World”.
- How hard is “Name a hotel chain”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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