Screen trivia
Name a film director
24 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Steven Spielberg
- Christopher Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Martin Scorsese
- James Cameron
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Stanley Kubrick
- Ridley Scott
The iceberg for “Name a film director”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 5 | 25 |
| The Deep | 6 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 9 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 6 answers starting with A, B, D, G and H. The Abyss has 9 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 24 answers in total, 24 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Agnes Varda”. Longest: “Quentin Tarantino”.
- A, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (4). Run through it first.
- Skip Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino; everybody says them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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What the words mean
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a film director”?
- Most people start with Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Quentin Tarantino. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a film director”?
- 24 in all: 3 on The Tip, 5 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 9 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a film director”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Agnes Varda” and the longest is “Quentin Tarantino”.
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