History trivia
Name a US vice president
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 50 answers to “Name a US vice president”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Kamala Harris
- Joe Biden
- Mike Pence
- Al Gore
- Dick Cheney
- Dan Quayle
- JD Vance
- Richard Nixon
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Adams
- Aaron Burr
Just below the surface
These 16 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- George H. W. Bush
- Walter Mondale
- Gerald Ford
- Spiro Agnew
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Hubert Humphrey
- Harry S. Truman
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Calvin Coolidge
- Martin Van Buren
- John Tyler
- Millard Fillmore
- Andrew Johnson
- Chester A. Arthur
- John C. Calhoun
- Henry A. Wallace
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsKamala Harris · Joe Biden · Mike Pence
- Below the Surface16 answers · 25 ptsGeorge H. W. Bush · Walter Mondale · Gerald Ford …
- The Deep15 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss6 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 15 answers starting with A, C, E, G, H, J, S and T. The Abyss has 6 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 50 answers in total, 50 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Al Gore”. Longest: “Richard Mentor Johnson”.
- J, A and C are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 45 answers can be typed more than one way: “Walter F. Mondale” counts as Walter Mondale.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
- Skip Kamala Harris, Joe Biden and Mike Pence; everybody says them.
- Remember the ones with short reigns and odd nicknames.
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What the words mean
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a US vice president”?
- Most people start with Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dick Cheney. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a US vice president”?
- 50 in all: 12 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 15 in The Deep, 6 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a US vice president”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Al Gore” and the longest is “Richard Mentor Johnson”.
- Is “Name a US vice president” 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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