Name a college of the University of Cambridge: rare answers

There are 31 correct answers to “Name a college of the University of Cambridge” on our list. The obvious ones, like Trinity College, King's College and Christ's College, are worth 10 points each; the rare ones, like Clare Hall, Hughes Hall and Lucy Cavendish College, are worth far more.

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Accepted answers
31
Category
General knowledge
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
11 (35%)
Alternate spellings accepted
28 answers
First letters
17 different; C is the most common (5)
  • 🐙 Abyssal: 4 answers (13%), 100 pts each
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 7 answers (23%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 9 answers (29%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 8 answers (26%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 3 answers (10%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

4 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Clare Hall, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College and St Edmund's College. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Clare Hall, Hughes Hall, Lucy Cavendish College, St Edmund's College

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Downing College, Churchill College, Homerton College, Darwin College, Murray Edwards College, Sidney Sussex College, Robinson College

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Corpus Christi College, Magdalene College, Queens' College, Trinity Hall, Newnham College, Fitzwilliam College, St Catharine's College, Wolfson College, Selwyn College

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

St John's College, Gonville and Caius College, Jesus College, Pembroke College, Peterhouse, Girton College, Emmanuel College, Clare College

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Trinity College, King's College, Christ's College

Other spellings we accept

Type any of these and the game counts it as the same answer. Small typos are forgiven on longer answers too.

  • Hughes Hall: Hughes
  • Lucy Cavendish College: Lucy Cavendish
  • St Edmund's College: St Edmund's
  • Downing College: Downing
  • Churchill College: Churchill
  • Homerton College: Homerton
  • Darwin College: Darwin
  • Murray Edwards College: Murray Edwards
  • Sidney Sussex College: Sidney Sussex
  • Robinson College: Robinson
  • Corpus Christi College: Corpus Christi
  • Magdalene College: Magdalene

And 16 more answers with alternate spellings.

Rarity tiers are our own estimate of how few people would think of each answer. For strategy, read how to find One in a Krillion answers.

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