History trivia
Name a famous battle
“Name a famous battle” is one of 21 history prompts in Icillion. Of its 287 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Waterloo
- Hastings
- Gettysburg
- Stalingrad
- D-Day
One step down
These 27 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Thermopylae
- Somme
- Verdun
- Agincourt
- Trafalgar
- Pearl Harbor
- Midway
- Battle of Britain
- Bunker Hill
- Little Bighorn
- The Alamo
- Marathon
- Bosworth
- Antietam
- Yorktown
- Saratoga
- Iwo Jima
- Dunkirk
- Gallipoli
- El Alamein
- Battle of the Bulge
- Kursk
- Austerlitz
- Lexington and Concord
- Passchendaele
- Culloden
- Bannockburn
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 27 | 25 |
| The Deep | 63 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 191 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 63 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, Y and Z. The Abyss has 191 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 287 answers in total, 74 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hue”. Longest: “Appomattox Court House”.
- C, M and T are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 285 answers can be typed more than one way: “Battle of Mobile Bay” counts as Mobile Bay.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 31 of the answers begin with it.
- Waterloo, Hastings and Gettysburg are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a famous battle”?
- The usual first answers are Waterloo, Hastings, Gettysburg, Stalingrad and D-Day. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous battle”?
- 287 in all: 5 on The Tip, 27 Below the Surface, 63 in The Deep, 191 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous battle” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hue” and the longest is “Appomattox Court House”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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