Culture trivia
Name a rock band
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 1035 answers to “Name a rock band”, and only 12 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.
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- Led Zeppelin
- Queen
- AC/DC
- Nirvana
- U2
- Pink Floyd
- Metallica
- Foo Fighters
- Coldplay
- Guns N' Roses
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- The Who
- The Doors
- Fleetwood Mac
- Aerosmith
- Bon Jovi
- Black Sabbath
- Deep Purple
- Iron Maiden
- Kiss
- Van Halen
- Def Leppard
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Pearl Jam
- Radiohead
- Blur
- Oasis
- The Clash
- Sex Pistols
- Ramones
- Green Day
- Linkin Park
- Blink-182
- My Chemical Romance
- Fall Out Boy
- Imagine Dragons
- Arctic Monkeys
- The Killers
- Muse
- Kings of Leon
- The Strokes
- The White Stripes
- Eagles
- Creedence Clearwater Revival
- The Kinks
- The Police
- Dire Straits
- Genesis
- Rush
- Journey
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- ZZ Top
- Grateful Dead
- R.E.M.
- The Smiths
- The Cure
- Pixies
- Weezer
- Smashing Pumpkins
- Soundgarden
- Rage Against the Machine
- System of a Down
- Slipknot
- Korn
- Evanescence
- Paramore
- Panic! at the Disco
- Twenty One Pilots
- Thin Lizzy
- The Cranberries
- Stereophonics
- Pulp
- Motörhead
- Slayer
- Megadeth
- Mötley Crüe
- Heart
- Scorpions
- Judas Priest
- Rammstein
- Nickelback
- Maroon 5
- Franz Ferdinand
- Snow Patrol
- Kaiser Chiefs
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsThe Beatles · The Rolling Stones · Led Zeppelin
- Below the Surface74 answers · 25 ptsThe Who · The Doors · Fleetwood Mac …
- The Deep279 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss669 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 279 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y. The Abyss has 669 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 1035 answers in total, 585 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “X”. Longest: “The Presidents of the United States of America”.
- T, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “MCR” counts as My Chemical Romance.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with T than with any other letter (196). Run through it first.
- Skip The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin; everybody says them.
- Myths go far beyond Zeus and Thor: minor gods and creatures score well.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a rock band”?
- Most people start with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen and AC/DC. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a rock band”?
- 1035 in all: 12 on The Tip, 74 Below the Surface, 279 in The Deep, 669 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a rock band”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “X” and the longest is “The Presidents of the United States of America”.
- Is “Name a rock band” 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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