Geography trivia
Name a country with a star on its flag
66 answers count for this geography prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- United States
- China
- Brazil
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Turkey
- Israel
- Cuba
- Vietnam
- Ghana
- Morocco
- Pakistan
Below the waterline
These 31 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Chile
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Singapore
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- North Korea
- Algeria
- Tunisia
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Senegal
- Cameroon
- Ethiopia
- Somalia
- Liberia
- Honduras
- Myanmar
- Jordan
- Syria
- Azerbaijan
- Uzbekistan
- Turkmenistan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Togo
- Burkina Faso
- Djibouti
- Samoa
- Papua New Guinea
- Zimbabwe
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
The iceberg for “Name a country with a star on its flag”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsUnited States · China · Brazil
- Below the Surface31 answers · 25 ptsChile · Venezuela · Panama …
- The Deep20 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss2 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 20 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, M, N, S and T. The Abyss has 2 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 66 answers in total, 16 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cuba”. Longest: “Democratic Republic of the Congo”.
- S, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 38% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “Cape Verde” counts as Cabo Verde.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (11). Run through it first.
- Skip United States, China and Brazil; 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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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a country with a star on its flag”?
- Most people start with United States, China, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a country with a star on its flag”?
- 66 in all: 12 on The Tip, 31 Below the Surface, 20 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a country with a star on its flag”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cuba” and the longest is “Democratic Republic of the Congo”.
- Is “Name a country with a star on its flag” 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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