What do most people say for “Name a capital city in the Americas”?

The usual first answers are Washington DC, Ottawa and Mexico City. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a capital city in the Americas”?

36 in all: 3 on The Tip, 8 Below the Surface, 9 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a capital city in the Americas” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Lima” and the longest is “Port au Prince”.

Geography trivia

Name a capital city in the Americas

“Name a capital city in the Americas” is one of 63 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 36 accepted answers, 3 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Right, but shallow: 3 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

Washington DC
Ottawa
Mexico City

One step down

These 8 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Buenos Aires
Brasilia
Lima
Santiago
Bogota
Havana
Caracas
Kingston

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	3	10
Below the Surface	8	25
The Deep	9	50
The Abyss	15	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 9 answers starting with A, L, M, P, Q and S. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

By the numbers

36 answers in total, 13 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Lima”. Longest: “Port au Prince”.
S, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 47% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Washington” counts as Washington DC.

Tips for a rarer answer

Start with S: 7 of the answers begin with it.
Washington DC, Ottawa and Mexico City are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.

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