Screen trivia
Name an actor
108 answers count for this screen prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Tom Cruise
- Brad Pitt
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- Johnny Depp
- Will Smith
Below the waterline
These 18 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Robert De Niro
- Al Pacino
- Tom Hanks
- Denzel Washington
- Morgan Freeman
- Jack Nicholson
- Harrison Ford
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Sylvester Stallone
- Keanu Reeves
- Robert Downey Jr.
- Dwayne Johnson
- Chris Hemsworth
- Chris Evans
- Matt Damon
- Ben Affleck
- George Clooney
- Clint Eastwood
The iceberg for “Name an actor”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 44 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, P, R, S, T and V. The Abyss has 44 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 108 answers in total, 108 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Jude Law”. Longest: “Arnold Schwarzenegger”.
- J, M and C are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 102 answers can be typed more than one way: “Kinski” counts as Klaus Kinski.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (13). Run through it first.
- Skip Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio; everybody says them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name an actor”?
- Most people start with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Johnny Depp and Will Smith. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an actor”?
- 108 in all: 5 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 44 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an actor”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Jude Law” and the longest is “Arnold Schwarzenegger”.
- Is “Name an actor” 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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