Geography trivia
Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea
122 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
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Sicily
- Sardinia
- Crete
- Cyprus
- Malta
Below the waterline
These 15 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Corsica
- Mallorca
- Ibiza
- Menorca
- Rhodes
- Corfu
- Santorini
- Mykonos
- Elba
- Capri
- Gozo
- Formentera
- Zakynthos
- Kefalonia
- Naxos
The iceberg for “Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsSicily · Sardinia · Crete
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsCorsica · Mallorca · Ibiza …
- The Deep43 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss58 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 43 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, I, K, L, M, P, R, S, T and V. The Abyss has 58 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 122 answers in total, 3 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ios”. Longest: “Ile du Levant”.
- S, L and P are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 5 answers can be typed more than one way: “Minorca” counts as Menorca.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Sicily, Sardinia and Crete; 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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- What are the most common answers to “Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea”?
- Most people start with Sicily, Sardinia, Crete, Cyprus and Malta. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea”?
- 122 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 43 in The Deep, 58 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ios” and the longest is “Ile du Levant”.
- Is “Name an island in the Mediterranean Sea” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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