Screen trivia
Name a DC Comics character
234 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
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Batman
- Superman
- Wonder Woman
- The Flash
- Aquaman
- Green Lantern
- Joker
- Robin
- Harley Quinn
- Catwoman
- Lex Luthor
- Supergirl
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Cyborg
- Green Arrow
- Batgirl
- Nightwing
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Commissioner Gordon
- Penguin
- Riddler
- Two-Face
- Scarecrow
- Poison Ivy
- Mr. Freeze
- Bane
- Ra's al Ghul
- Killer Croc
- Mad Hatter
- Clayface
- Deathstroke
- Darkseid
- Doomsday
- General Zod
- Brainiac
- Lois Lane
- Jimmy Olsen
- Martian Manhunter
- Shazam
- Black Canary
- Hawkman
- Hawkgirl
- Zatanna
- Raven
- Starfire
- Beast Boy
- Blue Beetle
- Booster Gold
- John Constantine
- Swamp Thing
- Deadshot
- Captain Cold
- Reverse-Flash
- Black Adam
- Sinestro
- Amanda Waller
- Captain Boomerang
- Cheetah
- Steppenwolf
- Mera
- Black Manta
- Bizarro
- Red Hood
- Tim Drake
- Damian Wayne
- Talia al Ghul
- Superboy
- Power Girl
- Lobo
- Krypto
- Solomon Grundy
- Batwoman
- Huntress
- Mister Mxyzptlk
- Metallo
- Ocean Master
- Harvey Bullock
- Lucius Fox
- Vicki Vale
The iceberg for “Name a DC Comics character”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsBatman · Superman · Wonder Woman
- Below the Surface66 answers · 25 ptsCyborg · Green Arrow · Batgirl …
- The Deep76 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss79 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 76 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, M, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 79 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 234 answers in total, 138 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ares”. Longest: “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”.
- B, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 51 answers can be typed more than one way: “Jason Todd” counts as Red Hood.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (25). Run through it first.
- Skip Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman; 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 a DC Comics character”?
- Most people start with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and Aquaman. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a DC Comics character”?
- 234 in all: 12 on The Tip, 66 Below the Surface, 76 in The Deep, 79 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a DC Comics character”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ares” and the longest is “Tweedledum and Tweedledee”.
- Is “Name a DC Comics character” 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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