History trivia
Name a Second World War military operation by its code name
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 111 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Operation Overlord
- Operation Barbarossa
- Operation Market Garden
- Operation Dynamo
- Operation Sea Lion
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Operation Torch
- Operation Valkyrie
- Operation Husky
- Operation Neptune
- Operation Mincemeat
- Operation Chastise
- Operation Bagration
- Operation Uranus
- Operation Typhoon
- Operation Cobra
- Operation Fortitude
- Operation Anthropoid
- Operation Citadel
- Operation Dragoon
How deep does “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsOperation Overlord · Operation Barbarossa · Operation Market Garden
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsOperation Torch · Operation Valkyrie · Operation Husky …
- The Deep35 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss56 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 35 answers starting with F and O. The Abyss has 56 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 111 answers in total, 111 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fall Blau”. Longest: “Operation Fruhlingserwachen”.
- O and F are the most common first letters; together they start 100% of the answers.
- 108 answers can be typed more than one way: “Uranus” counts as Operation Uranus.
How to go deeper
- Start with O: 107 of the answers begin with it.
- Operation Overlord, Operation Barbarossa and Operation Market Garden are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Walk a dynasty in order: the rulers in the middle are rarely named.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name”?
- The usual first answers are Operation Overlord, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Market Garden, Operation Dynamo and Operation Sea Lion. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name”?
- 111 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 35 in The Deep, 56 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fall Blau” and the longest is “Operation Fruhlingserwachen”.
- How hard is “Name a Second World War military operation by its code name”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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