Geography trivia
Name a glacier
110 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Perito Moreno Glacier
- Mer de Glace
- Aletsch Glacier
- Franz Josef Glacier
- Athabasca Glacier
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Rhone Glacier
- Vatnajokull
- Jostedalsbreen
- Hubbard Glacier
- Fox Glacier
- Jakobshavn Glacier
- Thwaites Glacier
- Pine Island Glacier
- Siachen Glacier
- Gangotri Glacier
- Baltoro Glacier
- Muir Glacier
- Lambert Glacier
- Tasman Glacier
The iceberg for “Name a glacier”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsPerito Moreno Glacier · Mer de Glace · Aletsch Glacier
- Below the Surface14 answers · 25 ptsRhone Glacier · Vatnajokull · Jostedalsbreen …
- The Deep36 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss54 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 36 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, P, R, S and U. The Abyss has 54 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 110 answers in total, 93 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Pasterze”. Longest: “Perito Moreno Glacier”.
- M, B and H are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Perito Moreno” counts as Perito Moreno Glacier.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (13). Run through it first.
- Skip Perito Moreno Glacier, Mer de Glace and Aletsch Glacier; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a glacier”?
- Most people start with Perito Moreno Glacier, Mer de Glace, Aletsch Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier and Athabasca Glacier. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a glacier”?
- 110 in all: 5 on The Tip, 14 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 54 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a glacier”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Pasterze” and the longest is “Perito Moreno Glacier”.
- Is “Name a glacier” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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