Geography trivia
Name a prefecture of Japan
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a prefecture of Japan”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 47 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Tokyo
- Osaka
- Kyoto
- Hokkaido
- Okinawa
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Hiroshima
- Nagasaki
- Fukuoka
- Nara
- Kanagawa
- Aichi
- Chiba
- Saitama
- Hyogo
- Nagano
- Shizuoka
- Kagoshima
- Niigata
- Miyagi
- Kumamoto
How deep does “Name a prefecture of Japan” go?
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsTokyo · Osaka · Kyoto
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsHiroshima · Nagasaki · Fukuoka …
- The Deep19 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss7 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 19 answers starting with A, E, F, G, I, M, O, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 7 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 47 answers in total, every one of them a single word.
- Shortest: “Mie”. Longest: “Yamanashi”.
- K, S and T are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hyōgo” counts as Hyogo.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with K: 6 of the answers begin with it.
- Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a prefecture of Japan”?
- The usual first answers are Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hokkaido and Okinawa. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a prefecture of Japan”?
- 47 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 19 in The Deep, 7 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a prefecture of Japan” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Mie” and the longest is “Yamanashi”.
- How hard is “Name a prefecture of Japan”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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