Culture trivia
Name a character from a Shakespeare play
“Name a character from a Shakespeare play” is one of 78 culture prompts in Icillion. Of its 116 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Hamlet
- Romeo
- Juliet
- Macbeth
- Othello
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Iago
- Lady Macbeth
- King Lear
- Prospero
- Ophelia
- Desdemona
- Puck
- Falstaff
- Shylock
- Cleopatra
- Julius Caesar
- Portia
- Titania
- Oberon
- Mark Antony
Answers by level
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsHamlet · Romeo · Juliet
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsIago · Lady Macbeth · King Lear …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss60 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, V and Y. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 116 answers in total, 17 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hero”. Longest: “Sir Andrew Aguecheek”.
- P, T and C are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 18 answers can be typed more than one way: “Henry IV” counts as Bolingbroke.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think of a country, then its currency, its instrument and its dance.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a character from a Shakespeare play”?
- The usual first answers are Hamlet, Romeo, Juliet, Macbeth and Othello. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a character from a Shakespeare play”?
- 116 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 60 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a character from a Shakespeare play” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hero” and the longest is “Sir Andrew Aguecheek”.
- How hard is “Name a character from a Shakespeare play”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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