Geography trivia
Name a mountain, volcano, island or archipelago
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 531 answers to “Name a mountain, volcano, island or archipelago”, and only 14 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 14 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Everest
- Kilimanjaro
- Mont Blanc
- Matterhorn
- K2
- Vesuvius
- Etna
- Fuji
- Krakatoa
- Hawaii
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Madagascar
- Jamaica
Just below the surface
These 58 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Olympus
- Denali
- Aconcagua
- Elbrus
- Kosciuszko
- Rainier
- Mount Kenya
- Ben Nevis
- Annapurna
- Kangchenjunga
- Saint Helens
- Whitney
- Sinai
- Ararat
- Kilauea
- Mauna Loa
- Stromboli
- Pinatubo
- Tambora
- Hekla
- 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 | 14 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 58 | 25 |
| The Deep | 94 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 364 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 94 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V and Z. The Abyss has 364 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 531 answers in total, 185 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “K2”. Longest: “Robinson Crusoe Island”.
- S, M and B are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
- 54 answers can be typed more than one way: “Gunkanjima” counts as Hashima.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (66). Run through it first.
- Skip Everest, Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc; 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 a mountain, volcano, island or archipelago”?
- Most people start with Everest, Kilimanjaro, Mont Blanc, Matterhorn and K2. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a mountain, volcano, island or archipelago”?
- 531 in all: 14 on The Tip, 58 Below the Surface, 94 in The Deep, 364 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a mountain, volcano, island or archipelago”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “K2” and the longest is “Robinson Crusoe Island”.
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