Screen trivia
Name a movie
“Name a movie” is one of 35 screen prompts in Icillion. Of its 109 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Titanic
- Avatar
- Star Wars
- Jurassic Park
- The Lion King
One step down
These 19 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Frozen
- Toy Story
- The Godfather
- Forrest Gump
- Shrek
- Finding Nemo
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- Home Alone
- Jaws
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- The Avengers
- The Matrix
- Back to the Future
- Gladiator
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Black Panther
- The Dark Knight
- Inception
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 19 | 25 |
| The Deep | 40 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 44 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, I, J, K, M, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 44 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 109 answers in total, 68 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Up”. Longest: “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”.
- T, M and S are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “Spiderman” counts as Spider-Man.
How to go deeper
- Start with T: 21 of the answers begin with it.
- Titanic, Avatar and Star Wars are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Background characters score much higher than heroes.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a movie”?
- The usual first answers are Titanic, Avatar, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and The Lion King. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a movie”?
- 109 in all: 5 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 44 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a movie” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Up” and the longest is “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”.
- How hard is “Name a movie”?
- 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?
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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