What do most people say for “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?

The usual first answers are Mata Hari, Kim Philby, Nathan Hale, Aldrich Ames and Julius Rosenberg. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?

83 in all: 5 on The Tip, 12 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a real-life spy or secret agent” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Eli Cohen” and the longest is “Louise de Bettignies”.

How hard is “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?

Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

History trivia

Name a real-life spy or secret agent

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 83 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.

Mata Hari
Kim Philby
Nathan Hale
Aldrich Ames
Julius Rosenberg

The next answers people reach for

A step further down, worth 25 points each:

Klaus Fuchs
Sidney Reilly
Richard Sorge
Anna Chapman
Eli Cohen
Robert Hanssen
Guy Burgess
Donald Maclean
Anthony Blunt
Noor Inayat Khan
Virginia Hall
Oleg Gordievsky

How deep does “Name a real-life spy or secret agent” go?

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMata Hari · Kim Philby · Nathan Hale
Below the Surface12 answers · 25 ptsKlaus Fuchs · Sidney Reilly · Richard Sorge …
The Deep28 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss37 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 28 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, N, O, R, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 37 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

83 answers in total, 83 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Eli Cohen”. Longest: “Louise de Bettignies”.
A, J and E are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
37 answers can be typed more than one way: “Maclean” counts as Donald Maclean.

Getting below the surface

Start with A: 9 of the answers begin with it.
Mata Hari, Kim Philby and Nathan Hale are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Treaties and trade routes are less crowded than battles.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?: The usual first answers are Mata Hari, Kim Philby, Nathan Hale, Aldrich Ames and Julius Rosenberg. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?: 83 in all: 5 on The Tip, 12 Below the Surface, 28 in The Deep, 37 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a real-life spy or secret agent” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Eli Cohen” and the longest is “Louise de Bettignies”.
How hard is “Name a real-life spy or secret agent”?: Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

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