Geography trivia
Name a country where English is an official language
“Name a country where English is an official language” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 59 accepted answers, 12 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.
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- India
- South Africa
- Jamaica
- Nigeria
- Singapore
- Philippines
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- England
- Scotland
- Wales
- Northern Ireland
- Pakistan
- Kenya
- Ghana
- Uganda
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Fiji
- Papua New Guinea
- Malta
- Zimbabwe
- Zambia
- Botswana
- Namibia
- Liberia
- Sierra Leone
- Cameroon
- Guyana
- Belize
- Malawi
- Rwanda
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsUnited States · United Kingdom · Canada
- Below the Surface25 answers · 25 ptsEngland · Scotland · Wales …
- The Deep14 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss7 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 14 answers starting with A, D, E, G, L, S and V. The Abyss has 7 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 59 answers in total, 15 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Fiji”. Longest: “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.
- S, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 4 answers can be typed more than one way: “Federated States of Micronesia” counts as Micronesia.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 11 of the answers begin with it.
- United States, United Kingdom and Canada are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a country where English is an official language”?
- The usual first answers are United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a country where English is an official language”?
- 59 in all: 12 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 14 in The Deep, 7 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a country where English is an official language” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Fiji” and the longest is “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.
- How hard is “Name a country where English is an official language”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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