History trivia
Name a famous diamond
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a famous diamond”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 58 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Koh-i-Noor
- Hope Diamond
- Cullinan
- Regent
- Orlov
- Star of India
- Sancy
- Tiffany Yellow
- Excelsior
- Great Mogul
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Darya-ye Noor
- Centenary
- Idol's Eye
- Florentine
- Taylor-Burton
- Millennium Star
- Golden Jubilee
- Heart of Eternity
- Moussaieff Red
- Pink Star
- Blue Moon of Josephine
- Wittelsbach
- Allnatt
- Eureka
- Star of Africa
- Great Star of Africa
- Lesser Star of Africa
How deep does “Name a famous diamond” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsKoh-i-Noor · Hope Diamond · Cullinan
- Below the Surface17 answers · 25 ptsDarya-ye Noor · Centenary · Idol's Eye …
- The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss8 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and V. The Abyss has 8 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 58 answers in total, 33 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Agra”. Longest: “Spirit of de Grisogono”.
- S, G and H are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Cullinan I” counts as Star of Africa.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 7 of the answers begin with it.
- Koh-i-Noor, Hope Diamond and Cullinan are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a famous diamond”?
- The usual first answers are Koh-i-Noor, Hope Diamond, Cullinan, Regent and Orlov. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous diamond”?
- 58 in all: 10 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 8 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous diamond” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Agra” and the longest is “Spirit of de Grisogono”.
- How hard is “Name a famous diamond”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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