Geography trivia
Name an island or archipelago
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 425 answers to “Name an island or archipelago”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Hawaii
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Madagascar
- Jamaica
Just below the surface
These 38 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Great Britain
- Ireland
- Sicily
- Cuba
- Bali
- Crete
- Tasmania
- Sri Lanka
- Manhattan
- Borneo
- Sardinia
- Corsica
- Cyprus
- Malta
- Mallorca
- Ibiza
- Tahiti
- Maui
- Bora Bora
- Santorini
- Easter Island
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- Long Island
- Taiwan
- Puerto Rico
- Fiji
- Maldives
- Bahamas
- Seychelles
- Philippines
- Indonesia
- Japan
- New Zealand
- Samoa
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
- Solomon Islands
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 38 | 25 |
| The Deep | 60 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 321 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 60 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and Z. The Abyss has 321 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 425 answers in total, 156 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hoy”. Longest: “Robinson Crusoe Island”.
- S, M and B are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 47 answers can be typed more than one way: “Wight” counts as Isle of Wight.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (57). Run through it first.
- Skip Hawaii, Greenland and Iceland; everybody says them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name an island or archipelago”?
- Most people start with Hawaii, Greenland, Iceland, Madagascar and Jamaica. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an island or archipelago”?
- 425 in all: 5 on The Tip, 38 Below the Surface, 60 in The Deep, 321 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an island or archipelago”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hoy” and the longest is “Robinson Crusoe Island”.
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