Screen trivia
Name a Harry Potter character
231 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.
- Harry Potter
- Hermione Granger
- Ron Weasley
- Albus Dumbledore
- Lord Voldemort
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Severus Snape
- Draco Malfoy
- Rubeus Hagrid
- Sirius Black
- Neville Longbottom
- Luna Lovegood
- Ginny Weasley
- Fred Weasley
- George Weasley
- Dobby
- Minerva McGonagall
- Bellatrix Lestrange
- Dolores Umbridge
- Remus Lupin
- Lucius Malfoy
- Cedric Diggory
- Hedwig
- Dudley Dursley
- Vernon Dursley
- Petunia Dursley
- Gilderoy Lockhart
- Peter Pettigrew
- Cho Chang
- Molly Weasley
- Arthur Weasley
- James Potter
- Lily Potter
- Nearly Headless Nick
- Moaning Myrtle
- Argus Filch
The iceberg for “Name a Harry Potter character”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 30 | 25 |
| The Deep | 65 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 130 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 65 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X. The Abyss has 130 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 231 answers in total, 199 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bane”. Longest: “Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank”.
- A, M and P are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 93 answers can be typed more than one way: “Regulus” counts as Regulus Black.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with A than with any other letter (28). Run through it first.
- Skip Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley; everybody says them.
- For games, think of the items, mobs and bosses, not only the heroes.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a Harry Potter character”?
- Most people start with Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Albus Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a Harry Potter character”?
- 231 in all: 5 on The Tip, 30 Below the Surface, 65 in The Deep, 130 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a Harry Potter character”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bane” and the longest is “Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank”.
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