Culture trivia
Name a surname or last name
581 answers count for this culture prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Smith
- Jones
- Johnson
- Williams
- Brown
- Taylor
- Davis
- Miller
- Wilson
- Anderson
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Thomas
- Moore
- Jackson
- Martin
- Lee
- Thompson
- White
- Harris
- Clark
- Lewis
- Robinson
- Walker
- Young
- Allen
- King
- Wright
- Scott
- Green
- Baker
- Adams
- Hall
- Nelson
- Hill
- Campbell
- Mitchell
- Roberts
- Carter
- Phillips
- Evans
- Turner
- Parker
- Collins
- Edwards
- Stewart
- Morris
- Murphy
- Cook
- Rogers
- Morgan
- Cooper
- Reed
- Bailey
- Bell
- Kelly
- Howard
- Ward
- Cox
- Richardson
- Wood
- Watson
- Brooks
- Bennett
- Gray
- Hughes
- Price
- Ross
- Foster
- Powell
- Garcia
- Martinez
- Rodriguez
- Davies
- Patel
- Khan
- Singh
- O'Brien
- Ryan
- Walsh
- Byrne
- Murray
- Wang
The iceberg for “Name a surname or last name”
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsSmith · Jones · Johnson
- Below the Surface71 answers · 25 ptsThomas · Moore · Jackson …
- The Deep224 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss275 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 224 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 275 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 581 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Hu”. Longest: “Featherstonehaugh”.
- M, H and S are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “McLeod” counts as MacLeod.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (62). Run through it first.
- Skip Smith, Jones and Johnson; 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 surname or last name”?
- Most people start with Smith, Jones, Johnson, Williams and Brown. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a surname or last name”?
- 581 in all: 10 on The Tip, 71 Below the Surface, 224 in The Deep, 275 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a surname or last name”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hu” and the longest is “Featherstonehaugh”.
- Is “Name a surname or last name” 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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