What do most people say for “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”?

The usual first answers are Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Boris Johnson and David Cameron. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”?

58 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Earl Grey” and the longest is “William Pitt the Younger”.

History trivia

Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 58 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Winston Churchill
Margaret Thatcher
Tony Blair
Boris Johnson
David Cameron

The next answers people reach for

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Gordon Brown
Theresa May
John Major
Harold Wilson
Clement Attlee
Neville Chamberlain
David Lloyd George
William Gladstone
Benjamin Disraeli
Keir Starmer
Rishi Sunak
Liz Truss
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Robert Walpole

How deep does “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain” go?

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsWinston Churchill · Margaret Thatcher · Tony Blair
Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsGordon Brown · Theresa May · John Major …
The Deep22 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss15 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 22 answers starting with A, D, E, H, J, L, R, S and W. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

58 answers in total, 58 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Earl Grey”. Longest: “William Pitt the Younger”.
L, D and H are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
54 answers can be typed more than one way: “Callaghan” counts as James Callaghan.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with L: 11 of the answers begin with it.
Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.

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Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”?: The usual first answers are Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Boris Johnson and David Cameron. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”?: 58 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 22 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Earl Grey” and the longest is “William Pitt the Younger”.
How hard is “Name a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or Great Britain”?: Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

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