Geography trivia
Name a famous street
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 105 answers to “Name a famous street”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Broadway
- Champs-Elysees
- Abbey Road
- Wall Street
- Fifth Avenue
Just below the surface
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Hollywood Boulevard
- Oxford Street
- Downing Street
- Baker Street
- Las Vegas Strip
- Route 66
- Lombard Street
- Bourbon Street
- Sunset Boulevard
- Rodeo Drive
- Pennsylvania Avenue
- La Rambla
- Nevsky Prospekt
- Unter den Linden
- Times Square
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 15 | 25 |
| The Deep | 45 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 39 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 45 answers starting with A, B, C, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 39 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 105 answers in total, 83 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Arbat”. Longest: “Sainte-Catherine Street”.
- R, P and B are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 8 answers can be typed more than one way: “Old Arbat” counts as Arbat.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with R than with any other letter (10). Run through it first.
- Skip Broadway, Champs-Elysees and Abbey Road; everybody says them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
Play geography trivia nowSee all 105 answers A–Z
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a famous street”?
- Most people start with Broadway, Champs-Elysees, Abbey Road, Wall Street and Fifth Avenue. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a famous street”?
- 105 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 45 in The Deep, 39 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a famous street”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Arbat” and the longest is “Sainte-Catherine Street”.
- Is “Name a famous street” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
Try another geography prompt
- Name a city in Australia
- Name a capital city in the Americas
- Name a country whose land or territorial waters cross the Equator
- Name a way to travel or a type of vehicle
- Name a country in Africa
- Name a European capital city
From other topics: Name an ancient Greek historical figure · Name an internet slang acronym · Name a hobby
How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
▼ Start today’s iceberg ▼