What do most people say for “Name a writing system or script”?

The usual first answers are Latin, Cyrillic and Hieroglyphs. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a writing system or script”?

32 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 13 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a writing system or script” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Nko” and the longest is “Hieroglyphs”.

History trivia

Name a writing system or script

“Name a writing system or script” is one of 21 history prompts in Icillion. Of its 32 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Latin
Cyrillic
Hieroglyphs

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Greek
Arabic
Hebrew
Chinese
Hangul
Hiragana
Katakana

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	7	25
The Deep	8	50
The Abyss	13	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 8 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G and T. The Abyss has 13 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

32 answers in total, 3 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Nko”. Longest: “Hieroglyphs”.
C, G and H are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Egyptian hieroglyphs” counts as Hieroglyphs.

How to go deeper

Start with C: 5 of the answers begin with it.
Latin, Cyrillic and Hieroglyphs are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Treaties and trade routes are less crowded than battles.

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Words in this prompt

Writing system

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a writing system or script”?: The usual first answers are Latin, Cyrillic and Hieroglyphs. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a writing system or script”?: 32 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 13 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a writing system or script” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Nko” and the longest is “Hieroglyphs”.

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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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