History trivia
Name a Chinese dynasty
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Chinese dynasty”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 66 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.
- Ming
- Qing
- Han
- Tang
- Qin
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Song
- Yuan
- Zhou
- Shang
- Sui
- Xia
- Jin
How deep does “Name a Chinese dynasty” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMing · Qing · Han
- Below the Surface7 answers · 25 ptsSong · Yuan · Zhou …
- The Deep23 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss30 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 23 answers starting with C, E, L, N, S, W and X. The Abyss has 30 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 66 answers in total, 46 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Han”. Longest: “Northern Liang”.
- L, S and W are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
- 25 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tuoba Wei” counts as Northern Wei.
How to go deeper
- Start with L: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Ming, Qing and Han are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a Chinese dynasty”?
- The usual first answers are Ming, Qing, Han, Tang and Qin. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Chinese dynasty”?
- 66 in all: 5 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 30 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Chinese dynasty” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Han” and the longest is “Northern Liang”.
- How hard is “Name a Chinese dynasty”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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