What do most people say for “Name a province or region of China”?

The usual first answers are Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tibet and Sichuan. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a province or region of China”?

33 in all: 10 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 0 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a province or region of China” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Anhui” and the longest is “Inner Mongolia”.

How hard is “Name a province or region of China”?

Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

Geography trivia

Name a province or region of China

“Name a province or region of China” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 33 accepted answers, 10 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

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

Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Tibet
Sichuan
Guangdong
Xinjiang
Yunnan
Inner Mongolia
Macau

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Chongqing
Tianjin
Zhejiang
Jiangsu
Fujian
Shandong
Hubei
Hunan
Hainan
Guangxi
Heilongjiang
Liaoning
Hebei
Henan
Shaanxi
Shanxi

Answers by level

The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsBeijing · Shanghai · Hong Kong
Below the Surface16 answers · 25 ptsChongqing · Tianjin · Zhejiang …
The Deep6 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss0 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, G, J and Q. The Abyss has 0 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

33 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Anhui”. Longest: “Inner Mongolia”.
H, S and G are the most common first letters; together they start 48% of the answers.
4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Macao” counts as Macau.

Getting below the surface

Start with H: 7 of the answers begin with it.
Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.

Play geography trivia now See all 33 answers A–Z

What the words mean

Province

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a province or region of China”?: The usual first answers are Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Tibet and Sichuan. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a province or region of China”?: 33 in all: 10 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 6 in The Deep, 0 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a province or region of China” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Anhui” and the longest is “Inner Mongolia”.
How hard is “Name a province or region of China”?: Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

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