Geography trivia
Name a county in Ireland
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a county in Ireland”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 32 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.
- Dublin
- Cork
- Kerry
- Galway
- Mayo
- Donegal
- Limerick
- Tipperary
- Antrim
- Down
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Clare
- Wicklow
- Wexford
- Waterford
- Kildare
- Meath
- Sligo
- Kilkenny
- Louth
- Derry
- Armagh
- Tyrone
- Fermanagh
How deep does “Name a county in Ireland” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsDublin · Cork · Kerry
- Below the Surface13 answers · 25 ptsClare · Wicklow · Wexford …
- The Deep8 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 8 answers starting with C, L, M, O, R and W. The Abyss has 0 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 32 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Cork”. Longest: “Westmeath”.
- L, C and D are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Leix” counts as Laois.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with L: 5 of the answers begin with it.
- Dublin, Cork and Kerry 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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What the words mean
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a county in Ireland”?
- The usual first answers are Dublin, Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a county in Ireland”?
- 32 in all: 10 on The Tip, 13 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 0 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a county in Ireland” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cork” and the longest is “Westmeath”.
- How hard is “Name a county in Ireland”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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