Culture trivia
Name a famous painter
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 234 answers to “Name a famous painter”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Vincent van Gogh
- Pablo Picasso
- Claude Monet
- Michelangelo
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Rembrandt
- Salvador Dali
- Frida Kahlo
- Andy Warhol
- Raphael
- Henri Matisse
- Edvard Munch
- Johannes Vermeer
- Jackson Pollock
- Gustav Klimt
- Paul Cezanne
- Edgar Degas
- Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Bob Ross
- Georgia OKeeffe
- Sandro Botticelli
- Caravaggio
- Rene Magritte
- Francisco Goya
- JMW Turner
- John Constable
- Paul Gauguin
- Edouard Manet
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 23 | 25 |
| The Deep | 63 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 142 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 63 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 142 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 234 answers in total, 222 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Banksy”. Longest: “Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres”.
- J, A and G are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 160 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bellini” counts as Giovanni Bellini.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (30). Run through it first.
- Skip Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso; 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 famous painter”?
- Most people start with Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet and Michelangelo. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous painter”?
- 234 in all: 5 on The Tip, 23 Below the Surface, 63 in The Deep, 142 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous painter”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Banksy” and the longest is “Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres”.
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