What do most people say for “Name a video game console or handheld”?

The usual first answers are PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Game Boy. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a video game console or handheld”?

97 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 35 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a video game console or handheld” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “3DO” and the longest is “Nintendo Entertainment System”.

How hard is “Name a video game console or handheld”?

Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

Screen trivia

Name a video game console or handheld

“Name a video game console or handheld” is one of 35 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 97 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

PlayStation 5
PlayStation 4
Xbox
Nintendo Switch
Game Boy

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

PlayStation
PlayStation 2
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
Nintendo 64
Nintendo Entertainment System
Super Nintendo
GameCube
Wii
Wii U
Nintendo DS
Nintendo 3DS
PSP
Sega Genesis
Sega Dreamcast
Atari 2600
Game Boy Advance
Steam Deck

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	20	25
The Deep	36	50
The Abyss	35	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 36 answers starting with A, C, G, I, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and X. The Abyss has 35 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

97 answers in total, 73 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “3DO”. Longest: “Nintendo Entertainment System”.
N, G and P are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
58 answers can be typed more than one way: “Switch 2” counts as Nintendo Switch 2.

How to go deeper

Start with N: 19 of the answers begin with it.
PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Xbox are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
For games, think of the items, mobs and bosses, not only the heroes.

Play screen trivia now See all 97 answers A–Z

Words in this prompt

Video game

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a video game console or handheld”?: The usual first answers are PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Game Boy. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a video game console or handheld”?: 97 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 35 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a video game console or handheld” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “3DO” and the longest is “Nintendo Entertainment System”.
How hard is “Name a video game console or handheld”?: Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.

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All 35 screen prompts

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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