History trivia
Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War
“Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War” is one of 50 history prompts in Icillion. Of its 218 accepted answers, 12 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.
- Somme
- Verdun
- Passchendaele
- Gallipoli
- Marne
- Ypres
- Jutland
- Tannenberg
- Cambrai
- Arras
- Mons
- Vimy Ridge
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Second Battle of Ypres
- Amiens
- Loos
- Neuve Chapelle
- Messines
- Belleau Wood
- Meuse-Argonne Offensive
- Caporetto
- Isonzo
- Dogger Bank
- Coronel
- Falkland Islands
- Masurian Lakes
- Brusilov Offensive
- Chemin des Dames
- Aisne
- Spring Offensive
- Hundred Days Offensive
- Hindenburg Line
- Vittorio Veneto
- Kut
- Megiddo
- Beersheba
- Second Battle of the Marne
- Saint-Mihiel
- Heligoland Bight
- Pozieres
- Le Cateau
- Liege
- Zeebrugge Raid
- Lone Pine
- Suvla Bay
- Gaza
- Tsingtao
- Chateau-Thierry
- Flers-Courcelette
- Delville Wood
- Beaumont-Hamel
- Battle of the Frontiers
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsSomme · Verdun · Passchendaele
- Below the Surface39 answers · 25 ptsSecond Battle of Ypres · Amiens · Loos …
- The Deep68 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss98 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 68 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and Y. The Abyss has 98 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 218 answers in total, 79 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cer”. Longest: “Second Battle of the Marne”.
- S, M and C are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 210 answers can be typed more than one way: “Battle of the Rufiji Delta” counts as Rufiji Delta.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 27 of the answers begin with it.
- Somme, Verdun and Passchendaele are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War”?
- The usual first answers are Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, Gallipoli and Marne. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War”?
- 218 in all: 12 on The Tip, 39 Below the Surface, 68 in The Deep, 98 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cer” and the longest is “Second Battle of the Marne”.
- How hard is “Name a battle or major offensive of the First World War”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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