Geography trivia
Name a country whose capital city has the same name
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 10 answers to “Name a country whose capital city has the same name”, and only 4 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.
- Singapore
- Mexico
- Monaco
- Vatican City
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Luxembourg
- Kuwait
- Panama
How the answers sink
- The Tip4 answers · 10 ptsSingapore · Mexico · Monaco
- Below the Surface3 answers · 25 ptsLuxembourg · Kuwait · Panama …
- The Deep1 answer · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss1 answer · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 1 answers starting with G. The Abyss has 1 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 10 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Kuwait”. Longest: “Vatican City”.
- M, S and D are the most common first letters; together they start 50% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Vatican” counts as Vatican City.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (2). Run through it first.
- Skip Singapore, Mexico and Monaco; everybody says them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a country whose capital city has the same name”?
- Most people start with Singapore, Mexico, Monaco and Vatican City. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a country whose capital city has the same name”?
- 10 in all: 4 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 1 in The Deep, 1 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a country whose capital city has the same name”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Kuwait” and the longest is “Vatican City”.
- Is “Name a country whose capital city has the same name” 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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