Screen trivia
Name a Hindu god or goddess
“Name a Hindu god or goddess” is one of 80 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 77 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Vishnu
- Shiva
- Brahma
- Ganesh
- Hanuman
- Lakshmi
- Saraswati
- Durga
- Kali
- Krishna
- Rama
- Parvati
One step down
These 20 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Indra
- Agni
- Surya
- Vayu
- Varuna
- Yama
- Sita
- Radha
- Garuda
- Shakti
- Kubera
- Kamadeva
- Chandra
- Ganga
- Nandi
- Narasimha
- Vishvakarma
- Ayyappa
- Venkateswara
- Jagannath
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsVishnu · Shiva · Brahma
- Below the Surface20 answers · 25 ptsIndra · Agni · Surya …
- The Deep25 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss19 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 25 answers starting with A, B, D, G, K, M, P, R, S, U and V. The Abyss has 19 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 77 answers in total, 3 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Uma”. Longest: “Tripura Sundari”.
- S, K and V are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Balaji” counts as Venkateswara.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 10 of the answers begin with it.
- Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a Hindu god or goddess”?
- The usual first answers are Vishnu, Shiva, Brahma, Ganesh and Hanuman. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Hindu god or goddess”?
- 77 in all: 12 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 25 in The Deep, 19 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Hindu god or goddess” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Uma” and the longest is “Tripura Sundari”.
- How hard is “Name a Hindu god or goddess”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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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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