Screen trivia
Name a villain from a film or TV show
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a villain from a film or TV show”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 114 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Darth Vader
- Joker
- Voldemort
- The Wicked Witch of the West
- Hannibal Lecter
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Scar
- Maleficent
- Cruella de Vil
- Thanos
- Loki
- Sauron
- Freddy Krueger
- Jason Voorhees
- Michael Myers
- Ursula
- Jafar
- Captain Hook
- Hans Gruber
- Agent Smith
- Emperor Palpatine
- Magneto
- Lex Luthor
- Norman Bates
- Pennywise
- Chucky
- Gaston
- Dr. Evil
- Bellatrix Lestrange
How deep does “Name a villain from a film or TV show” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 23 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 45 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and Y. The Abyss has 45 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 114 answers in total, 62 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bane”. Longest: “The Wicked Witch of the West”.
- S, D and M are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 16 answers can be typed more than one way: “Vader” counts as Darth Vader.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 12 of the answers begin with it.
- Darth Vader, Joker and Voldemort 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 villain from a film or TV show”?
- The usual first answers are Darth Vader, Joker, Voldemort, The Wicked Witch of the West and Hannibal Lecter. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a villain from a film or TV show”?
- 114 in all: 5 on The Tip, 23 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 45 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a villain from a film or TV show” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bane” and the longest is “The Wicked Witch of the West”.
- How hard is “Name a villain from a film or TV show”?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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