What do most people say for “Name a famous historical document”?

The usual first answers are Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta and US Constitution. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a famous historical document”?

65 in all: 3 on The Tip, 9 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 31 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a famous historical document” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Golden Bull” and the longest is “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”.

How hard is “Name a famous historical document”?

Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

History trivia

Name a famous historical document

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a famous historical document”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 65 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.

Declaration of Independence
Magna Carta
US Constitution

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Bill of Rights
Emancipation Proclamation
The Communist Manifesto
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Gettysburg Address
Rosetta Stone
Dead Sea Scrolls
Code of Hammurabi
Domesday Book

How deep does “Name a famous historical document” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	9	25
The Deep	21	50
The Abyss	31	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 21 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, L, M, N, P, T and Z. The Abyss has 31 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

65 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Golden Bull”. Longest: “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”.
D, C and E are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
6 answers can be typed more than one way: “Declaration of the Rights of Man” counts as Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

Getting below the surface

Start with D: 8 of the answers begin with it.
Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta and US Constitution are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Treaties and trade routes are less crowded than battles.

Play history trivia now See all 65 answers A–Z

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a famous historical document”?: The usual first answers are Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta and US Constitution. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a famous historical document”?: 65 in all: 3 on The Tip, 9 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 31 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a famous historical document” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Golden Bull” and the longest is “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen”.
How hard is “Name a famous historical document”?: Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

Try another history prompt

From other topics: Name a nut · Name a mathematician · Name an Indian dish

All 29 history prompts

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.

▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼