Wildcard trivia
Name something named after a person
135 answers count for this wildcard prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Sandwich
- America
- Diesel
- Braille
- Teddy bear
- Hoover
- Biro
Below the waterline
These 65 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Bunsen burner
- Fahrenheit
- Celsius
- Kelvin
- Newton
- Watt
- Volt
- Ohm
- Ampere
- Tesla
- Hertz
- Pascal
- Joule
- Becquerel
- Curie
- Sievert
- Henry
- Farad
- Weber
- Siemens
- Gauss
- Maxwell
- Nobel Prize
- Pulitzer
- Oscar
- Emmy
- Grammy
- Tony
- Booker Prize
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- Alzheimer's
- Parkinson's
- Down syndrome
- Asperger's
- Tourette's
- Crohn's disease
- Salmonella
- Listeria
- Pasteurisation
- Mesmerise
- Guillotine
- Cardigan
- Wellington boots
- Raglan sleeve
- Leotard
- Bloomers
- Stetson
- Fedora
- Mackintosh
- Jacuzzi
- Zeppelin
- Zamboni
- Ferris wheel
- Molotov cocktail
- Pavlova
- Peach Melba
- Caesar salad
- Eggs Benedict
- Beef Wellington
- Margherita pizza
- Earl Grey
- Béchamel
- Praline
- Garibaldi
- Battenberg
The iceberg for “Name something named after a person”
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSandwich · America · Diesel
- Below the Surface65 answers · 25 ptsBunsen burner · Fahrenheit · Celsius …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss22 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 22 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 135 answers in total, 44 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ohm”. Longest: “Thompson submachine gun”.
- B, H and S are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hale-Bopp” counts as Hale–Bopp.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Sandwich, America and Diesel; everybody says them.
- Change category: if everyone names food, name a planet, a film character or a flag.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name something named after a person”?
- Most people start with Sandwich, America, Diesel, Braille and Teddy bear. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name something named after a person”?
- 135 in all: 7 on The Tip, 65 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 22 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name something named after a person”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ohm” and the longest is “Thompson submachine gun”.
- Is “Name something named after a person” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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