What do most people say for “Name a famous castle”?

The usual first answers are Windsor Castle, Neuschwanstein Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Bran Castle and Tower of London. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a famous castle”?

125 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 49 in The Deep, 55 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a famous castle” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Alhambra” and the longest is “Castillo San Felipe del Morro”.

How hard is “Name a famous castle”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

History trivia

Name a famous castle

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a famous castle”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 125 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Windsor Castle
Neuschwanstein Castle
Edinburgh Castle
Bran Castle
Tower of London

The next answers people reach for

These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Prague Castle
Himeji Castle
Balmoral Castle
Hohenzollern Castle
Peles Castle
Corvin Castle
Warwick Castle
Leeds Castle
Conwy Castle
Caernarfon Castle
Blarney Castle
Alhambra
Chateau de Chambord
Cinderella Castle
Hogwarts Castle

How deep does “Name a famous castle” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	15	25
The Deep	49	50
The Abyss	55	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 49 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 55 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

125 answers in total, 117 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Alhambra”. Longest: “Castillo San Felipe del Morro”.
C, B and H are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
22 answers can be typed more than one way: “Moorish Castle” counts as Castle of the Moors.

Getting below the surface

Start with C: 25 of the answers begin with it.
Windsor Castle, Neuschwanstein Castle and Edinburgh Castle are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a famous castle”?: The usual first answers are Windsor Castle, Neuschwanstein Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Bran Castle and Tower of London. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a famous castle”?: 125 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 49 in The Deep, 55 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a famous castle” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Alhambra” and the longest is “Castillo San Felipe del Morro”.
How hard is “Name a famous castle”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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