What are the most common answers to “Name a canyon or gorge”?

Most people start with Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Fish River Canyon, Verdon Gorge and Cheddar Gorge. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a canyon or gorge”?

80 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

What is the shortest answer to “Name a canyon or gorge”?

The shortest accepted answer is “Siq” and the longest is “Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon”.

Is “Name a canyon or gorge” an easy or a hard prompt?

Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

Geography trivia

Name a canyon or gorge

Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 80 answers to “Name a canyon or gorge”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.

What everyone says first

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

Grand Canyon
Antelope Canyon
Fish River Canyon
Verdon Gorge
Cheddar Gorge

Just below the surface

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Colca Canyon
Copper Canyon
Zion Canyon
Samaria Gorge
Blyde River Canyon
Hells Canyon
Black Canyon of the Gunnison
Kings Canyon
Palo Duro Canyon
Tiger Leaping Gorge
Three Gorges
Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Canyon de Chelly
Glen Canyon

How the answers sink

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsGrand Canyon · Antelope Canyon · Fish River Canyon
Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsColca Canyon · Copper Canyon · Zion Canyon …
The Deep31 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss28 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 31 answers starting with A, C, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, Q, R, S, T, V, W and X. The Abyss has 28 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Facts about this list

80 answers in total, 74 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Siq”. Longest: “Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon”.
C, S and T are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
15 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gorges de la Jonte” counts as Jonte Gorges.

Tips for a rarer answer

More answers begin with C than with any other letter (8). Run through it first.
Skip Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon and Fish River Canyon; everybody says them.
Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.

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Questions about this prompt

What are the most common answers to “Name a canyon or gorge”?: Most people start with Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Fish River Canyon, Verdon Gorge and Cheddar Gorge. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a canyon or gorge”?: 80 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 31 in The Deep, 28 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
What is the shortest answer to “Name a canyon or gorge”?: The shortest accepted answer is “Siq” and the longest is “Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon”.
Is “Name a canyon or gorge” an easy or a hard prompt?: Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.

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