Screen trivia
Name a character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit
41 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
Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Frodo
- Gandalf
- Gollum
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Bilbo
- Aragorn
- Legolas
- Gimli
- Samwise Gamgee
- Sauron
- Saruman
The iceberg for “Name a character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 3 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 7 | 25 |
| The Deep | 12 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 18 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 12 answers starting with A, B, E, F, G, M, P, S and T. The Abyss has 18 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 41 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Oin”. Longest: “Samwise Gamgee”.
- B, G and S are the most common first letters; together they start 46% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Sam” counts as Samwise Gamgee.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (9). Run through it first.
- Skip Frodo, Gandalf and Gollum; everybody says them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit”?
- Most people start with Frodo, Gandalf and Gollum. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit”?
- 41 in all: 3 on The Tip, 7 Below the Surface, 12 in The Deep, 18 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a character from The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Oin” and the longest is “Samwise Gamgee”.
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