Name an American composer
Our answer book holds 92 answers to “Name an American composer”, from the first thing anyone would say to names almost nobody would think of. Most people go straight for Aaron Copland, George Gershwin or Leonard Bernstein, so those barely lift the rocket. It is a fairly short list: only 23 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Everybody knows the biggest names. Think of the minor figure, the old favourite or the one most people have forgotten. You will find it in stage 34, “Stateside Sounds”, of the Music mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Aaron Copland
- George Gershwin
- Leonard Bernstein
- Samuel Barber
- Charles Ives
- Philip Glass
- Steve Reich
- John Adams
- John Philip Sousa
- Scott Joplin
- John Cage
- Elliott Carter
- William Schuman
- John Williams
- James Horner
These are the 15 answers we rate as most common, out of the 92 we know. They score the least. The other 77, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 92 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 13 |
| THE CROWD | 16 |
| SOME | 20 |
| A FEW | 20 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 17 |
| ONLY YOU | 6 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.