Screen trivia
Name a cartoon character
“Name a cartoon character” is one of 35 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 107 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Mickey Mouse
- Bugs Bunny
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Tom
- Homer Simpson
One step down
These 19 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Jerry
- Donald Duck
- Daffy Duck
- Scooby-Doo
- Bart Simpson
- Tweety
- Porky Pig
- Road Runner
- Wile E. Coyote
- Popeye
- Pink Panther
- Fred Flintstone
- Garfield
- Snoopy
- Charlie Brown
- Peppa Pig
- Patrick Star
- Goofy
- Minnie Mouse
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 19 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 42 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with B, D, E, F, G, J, L, M, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 42 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 107 answers in total, 75 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Tom”. Longest: “Casper the Friendly Ghost”.
- S, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 23 answers can be typed more than one way: “Jerry Mouse” counts as Jerry.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 14 of the answers begin with it.
- Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny and SpongeBob SquarePants are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- For games, think of the items, mobs and bosses, not only the heroes.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a cartoon character”?
- The usual first answers are Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom and Homer Simpson. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a cartoon character”?
- 107 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 42 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a cartoon character” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Tom” and the longest is “Casper the Friendly Ghost”.
- How hard is “Name a cartoon character”?
- 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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