Culture trivia
Name an NBA team
68 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
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Boston Celtics
- Chicago Bulls
- Golden State Warriors
- New York Knicks
- Miami Heat
- San Antonio Spurs
- Brooklyn Nets
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Houston Rockets
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Charlotte Hornets
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- Dallas Mavericks
- Denver Nuggets
- Detroit Pistons
- Indiana Pacers
- Los Angeles Clippers
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- New Orleans Pelicans
- Oklahoma City Thunder
- Orlando Magic
- Phoenix Suns
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Sacramento Kings
- Toronto Raptors
- Utah Jazz
- Washington Wizards
- Seattle SuperSonics
The iceberg for “Name an NBA team”
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsLos Angeles Lakers · Boston Celtics · Chicago Bulls
- Below the Surface21 answers · 25 ptsAtlanta Hawks · Charlotte Hornets · Cleveland Cavaliers …
- The Deep20 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss16 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 20 answers starting with B, C, K, M, N, P, R, S, V and W. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 68 answers in total, 68 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Utah Jazz”. Longest: “Providence Steamrollers”.
- C, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 33 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bobcats” counts as Charlotte Bobcats.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls; everybody says them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name an NBA team”?
- Most people start with Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Golden State Warriors and New York Knicks. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an NBA team”?
- 68 in all: 10 on The Tip, 21 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an NBA team”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Utah Jazz” and the longest is “Providence Steamrollers”.
- Is “Name an NBA 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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