History trivia
Name a famous person from Irish history
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 272 answers to “Name a famous person from Irish history”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Saint Patrick
- Michael Collins
- Éamon de Valera
- Daniel O'Connell
- Brian Boru
- Wolfe Tone
- Charles Stewart Parnell
- Patrick Pearse
- James Connolly
- Grace O'Malley
- Robert Emmet
- Constance Markievicz
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Oscar Wilde
- James Joyce
- W. B. Yeats
- Jonathan Swift
- Bram Stoker
- George Bernard Shaw
- Samuel Beckett
- Saint Brigid
- Saint Columba
- Saint Brendan
- Bobby Sands
- Michael Davitt
- Roger Casement
- Arthur Griffith
- Tom Clarke
- Joseph Plunkett
- Thomas MacDonagh
- Eamonn Ceannt
- Seán MacDiarmada
- Kevin Barry
- Mary Robinson
- John Hume
- Gerry Adams
- Martin McGuinness
- Ian Paisley
- Henry Grattan
- Edmund Burke
- Strongbow
- Dermot MacMurrough
- Henry Joy McCracken
- Lord Edward FitzGerald
- Silken Thomas
- Hugh O'Neill
- Red Hugh O'Donnell
- Patrick Sarsfield
- Ernest Shackleton
- Tom Crean
- Jim Larkin
- Maud Gonne
- Erskine Childers
- John Redmond
- Thomas Francis Meagher
- Oliver Plunkett
- Charles Haughey
- Seán Lemass
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsSaint Patrick · Michael Collins · Éamon de Valera
- Below the Surface45 answers · 25 ptsOscar Wilde · James Joyce · W. B. Yeats …
- The Deep88 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss126 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 88 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 126 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 272 answers in total, 268 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dícuil”. Longest: “Richard Talbot Earl of Tyrconnell”.
- S, J and M are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 58 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bishop Berkeley” counts as George Berkeley.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (34). Run through it first.
- Skip Saint Patrick, Michael Collins and Éamon de Valera; everybody says them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a famous person from Irish history”?
- Most people start with Saint Patrick, Michael Collins, Éamon de Valera, Daniel O'Connell and Brian Boru. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous person from Irish history”?
- 272 in all: 12 on The Tip, 45 Below the Surface, 88 in The Deep, 126 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous person from Irish history”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dícuil” and the longest is “Richard Talbot Earl of Tyrconnell”.
- Is “Name a famous person from Irish history” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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