History trivia
Name a battle of the American Civil War
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 233 answers to “Name a battle of the American Civil War”, and only 11 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 11 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Gettysburg
- Antietam
- Bull Run
- Fort Sumter
- Vicksburg
- Shiloh
- Fredericksburg
- Chancellorsville
- Appomattox
- Chickamauga
- Wilderness
Just below the surface
These 32 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Second Bull Run
- Cold Harbor
- Atlanta
- Petersburg
- Spotsylvania Court House
- Fort Donelson
- Fort Henry
- Stones River
- Chattanooga
- Lookout Mountain
- Missionary Ridge
- Seven Days Battles
- Seven Pines
- Fort Wagner
- Mobile Bay
- Hampton Roads
- Kennesaw Mountain
- Nashville
- Franklin
- Perryville
- Corinth
- Harpers Ferry
- Fort Fisher
- Cedar Creek
- Five Forks
- The Crater
- Pea Ridge
- Wilson's Creek
- Port Hudson
- Malvern Hill
- Pickett's Charge
- Little Round Top
How the answers sink
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsGettysburg · Antietam · Bull Run
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsSecond Bull Run · Cold Harbor · Atlanta …
- The Deep83 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss106 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 83 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 106 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 233 answers in total, 163 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Iuka”. Longest: “Forts Jackson and St. Philip”.
- C, P and F are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 229 answers can be typed more than one way: “Battle of Port Republic” counts as Port Republic.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (26). Run through it first.
- Skip Gettysburg, Antietam and Bull Run; everybody says them.
- Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.
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- What are the most common answers to “Name a battle of the American Civil War”?
- Most people start with Gettysburg, Antietam, Bull Run, Fort Sumter and Vicksburg. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a battle of the American Civil War”?
- 233 in all: 11 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 83 in The Deep, 106 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a battle of the American Civil War”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Iuka” and the longest is “Forts Jackson and St. Philip”.
- Is “Name a battle of the American Civil War” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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