Culture trivia
Name an opera singer
“Name an opera singer” is one of 188 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 397 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Luciano Pavarotti
- Plácido Domingo
- José Carreras
- Andrea Bocelli
- Maria Callas
- Enrico Caruso
- Renée Fleming
- Kiri Te Kanawa
- Joan Sutherland
- Jessye Norman
- Cecilia Bartoli
- Anna Netrebko
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Montserrat Caballé
- Jonas Kaufmann
- Bryn Terfel
- Roberto Alagna
- Juan Diego Flórez
- Rolando Villazón
- Angela Gheorghiu
- Nellie Melba
- Jenny Lind
- Beverly Sills
- Leontyne Price
- Marilyn Horne
- Birgit Nilsson
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
- Mario Lanza
- Beniamino Gigli
- Jussi Björling
- Feodor Chaliapin
- Renata Tebaldi
- Mirella Freni
- Kathleen Battle
- Janet Baker
- Thomas Hampson
- Joyce DiDonato
- Natalie Dessay
- Diana Damrau
- Elīna Garanča
- Katherine Jenkins
- Alfie Boe
- Lesley Garrett
- Franco Corelli
- Joseph Calleja
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
- Kirsten Flagstad
- Kathleen Ferrier
- Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsLuciano Pavarotti · Plácido Domingo · José Carreras
- Below the Surface36 answers · 25 ptsMontserrat Caballé · Jonas Kaufmann · Bryn Terfel …
- The Deep58 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss290 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 58 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and V. The Abyss has 290 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 397 answers in total, 395 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hui He”. Longest: “Giovanni Battista Velluti”.
- M, A and J are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 28 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bocelli” counts as Andrea Bocelli.
How to go deeper
- Start with M: 37 of the answers begin with it.
- Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo and José Carreras are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name an opera singer”?
- The usual first answers are Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli and Maria Callas. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an opera singer”?
- 397 in all: 12 on The Tip, 36 Below the Surface, 58 in The Deep, 290 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an opera singer” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hui He” and the longest is “Giovanni Battista Velluti”.
- How hard is “Name an opera singer”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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