Geography trivia
Name a state of Brazil
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a state of Brazil”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 27 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- São Paulo
- Rio de Janeiro
- Bahia
- Amazonas
- Minas Gerais
- Pernambuco
- Ceará
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Paraná
- Santa Catarina
- Rio Grande do Sul
- Mato Grosso
- Goiás
- Pará
- Maranhão
- Espírito Santo
- Federal District
- Acre
- Roraima
How deep does “Name a state of Brazil” go?
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsSão Paulo · Rio de Janeiro · Bahia
- Below the Surface11 answers · 25 ptsParaná · Santa Catarina · Rio Grande do Sul …
- The Deep6 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss2 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 6 answers starting with A, M, P, R and T. The Abyss has 2 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 27 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Acre”. Longest: “Rio Grande do Norte”.
- P, R and A are the most common first letters; together they start 52% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Distrito Federal” counts as Federal District.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with P: 5 of the answers begin with it.
- São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Bahia are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a state of Brazil”?
- The usual first answers are São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Amazonas and Minas Gerais. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a state of Brazil”?
- 27 in all: 7 on The Tip, 11 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a state of Brazil” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Acre” and the longest is “Rio Grande do Norte”.
- How hard is “Name a state of Brazil”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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