Screen trivia
Name a TV show from the 1990s
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 286 answers to “Name a TV show from the 1990s”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Friends
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Seinfeld
- The X-Files
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Saved by the Bell
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Frasier
- ER
- The Simpsons
- Home Improvement
- South Park
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Dawson's Creek
- Melrose Place
- Party of Five
- My So-Called Life
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Boy Meets World
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Sister, Sister
- Moesha
- Martin
- Living Single
- In Living Color
- Step by Step
- Blossom
- Mad About You
- Will & Grace
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Third Rock from the Sun
- That '70s Show
- King of the Hill
- Beavis and Butt-Head
- Rugrats
- Hey Arnold!
- Doug
- Arthur
- The Magic School Bus
- Animaniacs
- Pinky and the Brain
- Batman: The Animated Series
- Dexter's Laboratory
- The Powerpuff Girls
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Pokémon
- Dragon Ball Z
- Sailor Moon
- Teletubbies
- Barney & Friends
- Blue's Clues
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Goosebumps
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- Kenan & Kel
- All That
- Bill Nye the Science Guy
- Law & Order
- NYPD Blue
- Twin Peaks
- Northern Exposure
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Babylon 5
- Stargate SG-1
- Touched by an Angel
- The Sopranos
- The West Wing
- Sex and the City
- Ally McBeal
- Charmed
- Angel
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Father Ted
- Men Behaving Badly
- The Fast Show
- Gladiators
- The Nanny
- Ellen
- Spin City
- The Drew Carey Show
- NewsRadio
- Just Shoot Me!
- The Real World
- The Daily Show
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Judge Judy
- The Jerry Springer Show
- Ricki Lake
- Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Sliders
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
- Baywatch
- The Vicar of Dibley
- One Foot in the Grave
- Keeping Up Appearances
- Cracker
- Prime Suspect
- Midsomer Murders
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsFriends · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air · Seinfeld
- Below the Surface89 answers · 25 ptsDawson's Creek · Melrose Place · Party of Five …
- The Deep161 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss23 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 161 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X and Y. The Abyss has 23 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 286 answers in total, 224 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “ER”. Longest: “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”.
- T, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 21 answers can be typed more than one way: “Eek the Cat” counts as Eek! The Cat.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with T than with any other letter (51). Run through it first.
- Skip Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Seinfeld; everybody says them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
Play screen trivia nowList of 90s TV shows A–Z
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a TV show from the 1990s”?
- Most people start with Friends, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Seinfeld, The X-Files and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a TV show from the 1990s”?
- 286 in all: 12 on The Tip, 89 Below the Surface, 161 in The Deep, 23 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a TV show from the 1990s”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “ER” and the longest is “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman”.
- Is “Name a TV show from the 1990s” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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