Screen trivia
Name an actress
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 110 answers to “Name an actress”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Angelina Jolie
- Jennifer Lawrence
- Scarlett Johansson
- Meryl Streep
- Julia Roberts
Just below the surface
These 19 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Emma Watson
- Emma Stone
- Nicole Kidman
- Sandra Bullock
- Jennifer Aniston
- Anne Hathaway
- Margot Robbie
- Natalie Portman
- Cate Blanchett
- Marilyn Monroe
- Audrey Hepburn
- Zendaya
- Reese Witherspoon
- Charlize Theron
- Halle Berry
- Jennifer Lopez
- Kate Winslet
- Gal Gadot
- Keira Knightley
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 19 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 45 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 110 answers in total, 109 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gong Li”. Longest: “Scarlett Johansson”.
- J, S and A are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 102 answers can be typed more than one way: “Mirren” counts as Helen Mirren.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (13). Run through it first.
- Skip Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlett Johansson; everybody says them.
- Older entries in a long series are often forgotten.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name an actress”?
- Most people start with Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an actress”?
- 110 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an actress”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gong Li” and the longest is “Scarlett Johansson”.
- Is “Name an actress” 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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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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