Geography trivia
Name an airline
Everyone has a first answer to “Name an airline”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 109 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Emirates
- British Airways
- Delta Air Lines
- American Airlines
- Lufthansa
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- United Airlines
- Air France
- KLM
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Ryanair
- EasyJet
- Southwest Airlines
- Turkish Airlines
- Etihad Airways
- Qantas
- Air Canada
- Virgin Atlantic
- JetBlue
- Cathay Pacific
- Japan Airlines
- Air India
- Wizz Air
How deep does “Name an airline” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 45 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, S, T and V. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 109 answers in total, 70 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ANA”. Longest: “Biman Bangladesh Airlines”.
- A, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.
- 27 answers can be typed more than one way: “Norwegian” counts as Norwegian Air Shuttle.
How to go deeper
- Start with A: 28 of the answers begin with it.
- Emirates, British Airways and Delta Air Lines are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name an airline”?
- The usual first answers are Emirates, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Lufthansa. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name an airline”?
- 109 in all: 5 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name an airline” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ANA” and the longest is “Biman Bangladesh Airlines”.
- How hard is “Name an airline”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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