Culture trivia
Name a Major League Baseball team
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 89 answers to “Name a Major League Baseball team”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- New York Yankees
- Boston Red Sox
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- Chicago Cubs
- St. Louis Cardinals
- San Francisco Giants
- Atlanta Braves
- New York Mets
- Houston Astros
- Chicago White Sox
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Arizona Diamondbacks
- Baltimore Orioles
- Cincinnati Reds
- Cleveland Guardians
- Colorado Rockies
- Detroit Tigers
- Kansas City Royals
- Los Angeles Angels
- Miami Marlins
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Minnesota Twins
- Oakland Athletics
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Pittsburgh Pirates
- San Diego Padres
- Seattle Mariners
- Tampa Bay Rays
- Texas Rangers
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Washington Nationals
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsNew York Yankees · Boston Red Sox · Los Angeles Dodgers
- Below the Surface20 answers · 25 ptsArizona Diamondbacks · Baltimore Orioles · Cincinnati Reds …
- The Deep16 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss42 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 16 answers starting with A, B, C, F, H, K, M, N, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 42 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 89 answers in total, 89 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Boston Bees”. Longest: “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”.
- B, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
- 37 answers can be typed more than one way: “Phillies” counts as Philadelphia Phillies.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (16). Run through it first.
- Skip New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a Major League Baseball team”?
- Most people start with New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a Major League Baseball team”?
- 89 in all: 10 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 16 in The Deep, 42 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a Major League Baseball team”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Boston Bees” and the longest is “Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim”.
- Is “Name a Major League Baseball team” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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