Culture trivia
Name a painting
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a painting”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 23 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Mona Lisa
- The Starry Night
- The Scream
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- The Last Supper
- Girl with a Pearl Earring
- Guernica
- The Persistence of Memory
- The Birth of Venus
How deep does “Name a painting” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 5 | 25 |
| The Deep | 6 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 8 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 6 answers starting with A, L, N and T. The Abyss has 8 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 23 answers in total, 20 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ophelia”. Longest: “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”.
- T, A and G are the most common first letters; together they start 74% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- Start with T: 13 of the answers begin with it.
- Mona Lisa, The Starry Night and The Scream are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a painting”?
- The usual first answers are Mona Lisa, The Starry Night and The Scream. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a painting”?
- 23 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 8 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a painting” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ophelia” and the longest is “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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