Food trivia
Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 116 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Johnnie Walker
- Glenfiddich
- Macallan
- Glenlivet
- Chivas Regal
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Lagavulin
- Laphroaig
- Ardbeg
- Talisker
- Famous Grouse
- Dewar's
- Ballantine's
- J&B
- Highland Park
- Glenmorangie
- Jura
- Bowmore
- Oban
- Monkey Shoulder
- Cutty Sark
How deep does “Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsJohnnie Walker · Glenfiddich · Macallan
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsLagavulin · Laphroaig · Ardbeg …
- 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, D, E, G, K, M, O, S, T and W. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 116 answers in total, 28 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “J&B”. Longest: “Royal Lochnagar”.
- G, B and A are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 7 answers can be typed more than one way: “The Famous Grouse” counts as Famous Grouse.
How to go deeper
- Start with G: 22 of the answers begin with it.
- Johnnie Walker, Glenfiddich and Macallan are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Name what people cook at home in that country, not what restaurants abroad serve.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand”?
- The usual first answers are Johnnie Walker, Glenfiddich, Macallan, Glenlivet and Chivas Regal. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand”?
- 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 Scotch whisky distillery or brand” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “J&B” and the longest is “Royal Lochnagar”.
- How hard is “Name a Scotch whisky distillery or brand”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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