What do most people say for “Name a war”?

The usual first answers are World War II, World War I, Vietnam War and American Civil War. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a war”?

93 in all: 4 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a war” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Emu War” and the longest is “War of the Bavarian Succession”.

How hard is “Name a war”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

History trivia

Name a war

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a war”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 93 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

World War II
World War I
Vietnam War
American Civil War

The next answers people reach for

These 13 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Korean War
Cold War
Hundred Years' War
Napoleonic Wars
Gulf War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Trojan War
American Revolutionary War
Crusades
Wars of the Roses
Falklands War
Spanish Civil War

How deep does “Name a war” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	4	10
Below the Surface	13	25
The Deep	30	50
The Abyss	45	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 30 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, I, K, M, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

93 answers in total, 91 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Emu War”. Longest: “War of the Bavarian Succession”.
W, S and R are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
12 answers can be typed more than one way: “WWI” counts as World War I.

Getting below the surface

Start with W: 12 of the answers begin with it.
World War II, World War I and Vietnam War are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.

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Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a war”?: The usual first answers are World War II, World War I, Vietnam War and American Civil War. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a war”?: 93 in all: 4 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a war” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Emu War” and the longest is “War of the Bavarian Succession”.
How hard is “Name a war”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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How deep does your knowledge go?

Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.

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