Geography trivia
Name a river in India
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a river in India”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 402 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Ganges
- Yamuna
- Brahmaputra
- Indus
- Godavari
- Krishna
- Kaveri
- Narmada
- Hooghly
- Sutlej
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Tapti
- Mahanadi
- Beas
- Ravi
- Chenab
- Jhelum
- Ghaghara
- Gandak
- Kosi
- Son
- Chambal
- Betwa
- Tungabhadra
- Sabarmati
- Mahi
- Periyar
- Damodar
- Teesta
- Gomti
- Saraswati
- Bhagirathi
- Alaknanda
- Zuari
- Mandovi
- Pennar
- Bhima
- Luni
- Ken
- Subarnarekha
- Brahmani
- Barak
- Tawi
How deep does “Name a river in India” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsGanges · Yamuna · Brahmaputra
- Below the Surface32 answers · 25 ptsTapti · Mahanadi · Beas …
- The Deep91 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss268 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 91 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 268 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 402 answers in total, 35 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Aji”. Longest: “Lakshmana Tirtha”.
- K, S and M are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 28 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tapi” counts as Tapti.
How to go deeper
- Start with K: 47 of the answers begin with it.
- Ganges, Yamuna and Brahmaputra 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 river in India”?
- The usual first answers are Ganges, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Indus and Godavari. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a river in India”?
- 402 in all: 10 on The Tip, 32 Below the Surface, 91 in The Deep, 268 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a river in India” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Aji” and the longest is “Lakshmana Tirtha”.
- How hard is “Name a river in India”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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