Geography trivia
Name a river in Asia
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 108 answers to “Name a river in Asia”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Yangtze
- Yellow River
- Mekong
- Ganges
- Indus
- Brahmaputra
- Irrawaddy
- Tigris
- Euphrates
- Amur
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Salween
- Lena
- Ob
- Yenisei
- Amu Darya
- Syr Darya
- Pearl River
- Red River
- Chao Phraya
- Godavari
- Krishna
- Kaveri
- Narmada
- Yamuna
- Sutlej
- Jhelum
- Chenab
- Han River
- Yalu
- Irtysh
- Kolyma
- Angara
- Selenga
- Tarim
- Kabul
- Jordan
- Helmand
- Kura
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsYangtze · Yellow River · Mekong
- Below the Surface28 answers · 25 ptsSalween · Lena · Ob …
- The Deep42 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss27 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 42 answers starting with A, B, C, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, R, S, T, U, V and Z. The Abyss has 27 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 108 answers in total, 18 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ca”. Longest: “Büyük Menderes”.
- K, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Ganga” counts as Ganges.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with K than with any other letter (14). Run through it first.
- Skip Yangtze, Yellow River and Mekong; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a river in Asia”?
- Most people start with Yangtze, Yellow River, Mekong, Ganges and Indus. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a river in Asia”?
- 108 in all: 10 on The Tip, 28 Below the Surface, 42 in The Deep, 27 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a river in Asia”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ca” and the longest is “Büyük Menderes”.
- Is “Name a river in Asia” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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