Geography trivia
Name a department of France
101 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
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Paris
- Gironde
- Var
- Nord
- Rhône
- Bouches-du-Rhône
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Dordogne
- Haute-Savoie
- Calvados
- Vaucluse
- Seine-Maritime
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Hauts-de-Seine
- Seine-Saint-Denis
- Val-de-Marne
- Yvelines
- Essonne
- Val-d'Oise
- Seine-et-Marne
- Pas-de-Calais
- Somme
- Marne
- Moselle
- Haute-Garonne
- Hérault
- Gard
- Loire-Atlantique
- Finistère
- Morbihan
- Manche
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Isère
- Savoie
- Corse-du-Sud
- Haute-Corse
- Landes
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Charente-Maritime
- Vendée
- Côte-d'Or
- Ardèche
- Haut-Rhin
- Bas-Rhin
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- French Guiana
- Réunion
- Mayotte
- Loire
- Lot
- Gers
- Jura
- Vosges
- Doubs
The iceberg for “Name a department of France”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsParis · Gironde · Var
- Below the Surface42 answers · 25 ptsHauts-de-Seine · Seine-Saint-Denis · Val-de-Marne …
- The Deep39 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 39 answers starting with A, C, D, E, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, S, T, V and Y. The Abyss has 7 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 101 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ain”. Longest: “Alpes-de-Haute-Provence”.
- H, A and C are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 7 answers can be typed more than one way: “Guyane” counts as French Guiana.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with H than with any other letter (12). Run through it first.
- Skip Paris, Gironde and Var; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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- What are the most common answers to “Name a department of France”?
- Most people start with Paris, Gironde, Var, Nord and Rhône. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
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- 101 in all: 12 on The Tip, 42 Below the Surface, 39 in The Deep, 7 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a department of France”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ain” and the longest is “Alpes-de-Haute-Provence”.
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