Screen trivia
Name a fictional detective
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 128 answers to “Name a fictional detective”, and only 3 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Sherlock Holmes
- Hercule Poirot
- Miss Marple
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Columbo
- Inspector Gadget
- Nancy Drew
- Inspector Clouseau
- Dick Tracy
- Jessica Fletcher
- Detective Pikachu
- Philip Marlowe
- Sam Spade
- Inspector Morse
- Adrian Monk
- Veronica Mars
- Jessica Jones
- Encyclopedia Brown
- Velma Dinkley
- Conan Edogawa
- Lisbeth Salander
- Batman
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 18 | 25 |
| The Deep | 58 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 48 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 58 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 48 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 128 answers in total, 122 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “L”. Longest: “William of Baskerville”.
- J, I and M are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 29 answers can be typed more than one way: “Jane Marple” counts as Miss Marple.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with J than with any other letter (16). Run through it first.
- Skip Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple; 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 fictional detective”?
- Most people start with Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a fictional detective”?
- 128 in all: 3 on The Tip, 18 Below the Surface, 58 in The Deep, 48 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a fictional detective”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “L” and the longest is “William of Baskerville”.
- Is “Name a fictional detective” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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