Geography trivia
Name a Greek island
“Name a Greek island” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 90 accepted answers, 7 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Crete
- Santorini
- Mykonos
- Rhodes
- Corfu
- Zakynthos
- Kos
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Kefalonia
- Naxos
- Paros
- Milos
- Lesbos
- Chios
- Samos
- Thasos
- Skiathos
- Lefkada
- Hydra
- Aegina
- Ios
- Patmos
- Delos
- Ithaca
- Skopelos
Answers by level
- The Tip7 answers · 10 ptsCrete · Santorini · Mykonos
- Below the Surface17 answers · 25 ptsKefalonia · Naxos · Paros …
- The Deep33 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss32 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 33 answers starting with A, E, F, I, K, L, N, P, S and T. The Abyss has 32 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 90 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Ios”. Longest: “Kastellorizo”.
- K, S and A are the most common first letters; together they start 44% of the answers.
- 20 answers can be typed more than one way: “Cythera” counts as Kythira.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with K: 15 of the answers begin with it.
- Crete, Santorini and Mykonos 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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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a Greek island”?
- The usual first answers are Crete, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes and Corfu. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a Greek island”?
- 90 in all: 7 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 33 in The Deep, 32 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a Greek island” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ios” and the longest is “Kastellorizo”.
- How hard is “Name a Greek island”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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