What are the most common answers to “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?

Most people start with Charlemagne, Otto the Great, Charles V, Frederick Barbarossa and Maximilian I. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?

45 in all: 5 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

What is the shortest answer to “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?

The shortest accepted answer is “Henry V” and the longest is “Frederick Barbarossa”.

Is “Name a Holy Roman Emperor” 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.

History trivia

Name a Holy Roman Emperor

45 answers count for this history prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.

Floating on top

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Charlemagne
Otto the Great
Charles V
Frederick Barbarossa
Maximilian I

Below the waterline

These 13 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Frederick II
Charles IV
Rudolf II
Francis II
Joseph II
Henry IV
Ferdinand II
Leopold I
Otto III
Sigismund
Henry III
Louis the Pious
Charles VI

The iceberg for “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsCharlemagne · Otto the Great · Charles V
Below the Surface13 answers · 25 ptsFrederick II · Charles IV · Rudolf II …
The Deep21 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss5 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 21 answers starting with C, F, H, J, L, M and O. The Abyss has 5 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

45 answers in total, 42 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Henry V”. Longest: “Frederick Barbarossa”.
L, C and F are the most common first letters; together they start 56% of the answers.
22 answers can be typed more than one way: “Otto I” counts as Otto the Great.

Getting below the surface

More answers begin with L than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
Skip Charlemagne, Otto the Great and Charles V; everybody says them.
Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.

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Questions about this prompt

What are the most common answers to “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?: Most people start with Charlemagne, Otto the Great, Charles V, Frederick Barbarossa and Maximilian I. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?: 45 in all: 5 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 21 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
What is the shortest answer to “Name a Holy Roman Emperor”?: The shortest accepted answer is “Henry V” and the longest is “Frederick Barbarossa”.
Is “Name a Holy Roman Emperor” 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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