Name an opera by Giuseppe Verdi or Giacomo Puccini: rare answers

“Name an opera by Giuseppe Verdi or Giacomo Puccini” has 40 accepted answers here, and 14 of them (35%) are rare enough for the two deepest tiers. Madama Butterfly, La traviata and La bohème are the Surface answers almost everyone gives.

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Accepted answers
40
Category
General knowledge
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
14 (35%)
Alternate spellings accepted
10 answers
First letters
15 different; L is the most common (9)
  • 🐙 Abyssal: 5 answers (13%), 100 pts each
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 9 answers (23%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 12 answers (30%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 11 answers (28%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 3 answers (8%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

5 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Alzira, La battaglia di Legnano, Stiffelio, Jérusalem and Aroldo. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Alzira, La battaglia di Legnano, Stiffelio, Jérusalem, Aroldo

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Suor Angelica, I Lombardi alla prima crociata, Le Villi, Edgar, Oberto, I due Foscari, I masnadieri, Un giorno di regno, Il corsaro

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Un ballo in maschera, Manon Lescaut, Simon Boccanegra, La fanciulla del West, Ernani, Attila, Luisa Miller, Giovanna d'Arco, Les vêpres siciliennes, La rondine, Macbeth, Il tabarro

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Tosca, Turandot, Aida, Rigoletto, Nabucco, Il trovatore, Don Carlos, Otello, La forza del destino, Falstaff, Gianni Schicchi

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

Madama Butterfly, La traviata, La bohème

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.

  • I Lombardi alla prima crociata: I Lombardi
  • Il corsaro: The Corsair
  • Un ballo in maschera: A Masked Ball
  • La fanciulla del West: The Girl of the Golden West
  • Giovanna d'Arco: Joan of Arc
  • Les vêpres siciliennes: I vespri siciliani, The Sicilian Vespers
  • Il trovatore: The Troubadour
  • Don Carlos: Don Carlo
  • La forza del destino: The Force of Destiny
  • Madama Butterfly: Madame Butterfly

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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