Screen trivia
Name a famous fictional dog
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a famous fictional dog”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 93 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Scooby-Doo
- Snoopy
- Lassie
- Pluto
- Clifford
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Goofy
- Odie
- Beethoven
- Brian Griffin
- Santa's Little Helper
- Gromit
- Toto
- Lady
- Tramp
- Pongo
- Perdita
- Bolt
- Dug
- Slinky Dog
- Marley
- Air Bud
- Courage
- Blue
- Bluey
- Bingo
- Chase
- Marshall
- Skye
- Rubble
- Rocky
- Zuma
- Everest
- Jake the Dog
- Spike
- Droopy
- Rin Tin Tin
- Old Yeller
- Max
- Fluffy
How deep does “Name a famous fictional dog” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 34 | 25 |
| The Deep | 45 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 8 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S and W. The Abyss has 8 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 93 answers in total, 15 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dug”. Longest: “Hound of the Baskervilles”.
- B, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 11 answers can be typed more than one way: “Clifford the Big Red Dog” counts as Clifford.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with B: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Scooby-Doo, Snoopy and Lassie are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a famous fictional dog”?
- The usual first answers are Scooby-Doo, Snoopy, Lassie, Pluto and Clifford. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a famous fictional dog”?
- 93 in all: 5 on The Tip, 34 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 8 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a famous fictional dog” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dug” and the longest is “Hound of the Baskervilles”.
- How hard is “Name a famous fictional dog”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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