Geography trivia
Name a state or union territory of India
36 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.
- Maharashtra
- Kerala
- Goa
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Gujarat
- Tamil Nadu
- Uttar Pradesh
- West Bengal
- Delhi
- Karnataka
- Jammu and Kashmir
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Andhra Pradesh
- Assam
- Bihar
- Haryana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Odisha
- Telangana
- Uttarakhand
- Sikkim
- Jharkhand
- Chhattisgarh
- Ladakh
- Chandigarh
- Puducherry
The iceberg for “Name a state or union territory of India”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsMaharashtra · Kerala · Goa
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsAndhra Pradesh · Assam · Bihar …
- The Deep8 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss0 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 8 answers starting with A, L, M, N and T. The Abyss has 0 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 36 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Goa”. Longest: “Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu”.
- M, A and T are the most common first letters; together they start 33% of the answers.
- 7 answers can be typed more than one way: “Pondicherry” counts as Puducherry.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (5). Run through it first.
- Skip Maharashtra, Kerala and Goa; 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 state or union territory of India”?
- Most people start with Maharashtra, Kerala, Goa, Punjab and Rajasthan. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a state or union territory of India”?
- 36 in all: 12 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 8 in The Deep, 0 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a state or union territory of India”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Goa” and the longest is “Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu”.
- Is “Name a state or union territory of India” 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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