Geography trivia
Name a lake
258 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
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Lake Superior
- Loch Ness
- Lake Victoria
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Titicaca
Below the waterline
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Lake Erie
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Huron
- Lake Tahoe
- Lake Baikal
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Como
- Lake Garda
- Great Salt Lake
- Caspian Sea
- Dead Sea
- Lake Tanganyika
- Lake Malawi
- Windermere
- Lake Placid
- Crater Lake
- Lake Mead
- Sea of Galilee
- Lake Lucerne
- Lake Constance
- Lake Bled
- Lake Louise
- Lake Chad
- Aral Sea
- Loch Lomond
The iceberg for “Name a lake”
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 25 | 25 |
| The Deep | 50 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 177 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 50 answers starting with D, G, H, I, L, M, Q, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 177 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 258 answers in total, 239 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Erhai”. Longest: “Lake Chaubunagungamaug”.
- L, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 76% of the answers.
- 199 answers can be typed more than one way: “Maligne” counts as Maligne Lake.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with L than with any other letter (179). Run through it first.
- Skip Lake Superior, Loch Ness and Lake Victoria; 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 lake”?
- Most people start with Lake Superior, Loch Ness, Lake Victoria, Lake Michigan and Lake Titicaca. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a lake”?
- 258 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 50 in The Deep, 177 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a lake”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Erhai” and the longest is “Lake Chaubunagungamaug”.
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