History trivia
Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 98 answers to “Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Thomas Edison
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Nikola Tesla
- Wright brothers
- Leonardo da Vinci
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Johannes Gutenberg
- James Watt
- Henry Ford
- Samuel Morse
- Guglielmo Marconi
- Karl Benz
- Archimedes
- Alfred Nobel
- Eli Whitney
- George Stephenson
- Rudolf Diesel
- Louis Braille
- John Logie Baird
- Tim Berners-Lee
- Alessandro Volta
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 16 | 25 |
| The Deep | 38 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 38 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 38 answers starting with A, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 38 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 98 answers in total, 97 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Art Fry”. Longest: “Christopher Latham Sholes”.
- J, L and E are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 97 answers can be typed more than one way: “De Forest” counts as Lee de Forest.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Nikola Tesla; everybody says them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention”?
- Most people start with Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla, Wright brothers and Leonardo da Vinci. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention”?
- 98 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 38 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Art Fry” and the longest is “Christopher Latham Sholes”.
- Is “Name a famous inventor or inventor of a famous invention” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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