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Name a jazz musician
115 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Miles Davis
- Louis Armstrong
- Duke Ellington
- John Coltrane
- Charlie Parker
Below the waterline
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Billie Holiday
- Thelonious Monk
- Dizzy Gillespie
- Dave Brubeck
- Charles Mingus
- Count Basie
- Nina Simone
- Herbie Hancock
- Sonny Rollins
- Art Blakey
- Oscar Peterson
- Chet Baker
- Stan Getz
- Ornette Coleman
The iceberg for “Name a jazz musician”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMiles Davis · Louis Armstrong · Duke Ellington
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsElla Fitzgerald · Billie Holiday · Thelonious Monk …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss59 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, S and W. The Abyss has 59 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 115 answers in total, 115 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Sun Ra”. Longest: “Rahsaan Roland Kirk”.
- J, C and B are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 12 answers can be typed more than one way: “Brubeck” counts as Dave Brubeck.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (15). Run through it first.
- Skip Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington; 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 jazz musician”?
- Most people start with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a jazz musician”?
- 115 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 59 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a jazz musician”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Sun Ra” and the longest is “Rahsaan Roland Kirk”.
- Is “Name a jazz musician” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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