Geography trivia
Name a mountain pass
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 122 answers to “Name a mountain pass”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Khyber Pass
- Brenner Pass
- Great St Bernard Pass
- Gotthard Pass
- Simplon Pass
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Stelvio Pass
- Khardung La
- Col du Tourmalet
- Grimsel Pass
- Furka Pass
- Susten Pass
- Bernina Pass
- Arlberg Pass
- Timmelsjoch
- Hochtor Pass
- Donner Pass
- Cumberland Gap
- South Pass
- Kicking Horse Pass
- Bolan Pass
- Rohtang Pass
- Nathu La
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsKhyber Pass · Brenner Pass · Great St Bernard Pass
- Below the Surface17 answers · 25 ptsStelvio Pass · Khardung La · Col du Tourmalet …
- The Deep34 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss65 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 34 answers starting with A, C, F, J, L, M, N, O, P and S. The Abyss has 65 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 122 answers in total, 119 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Cho La”. Longest: “Paso de los Libertadores”.
- C, P and S are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
- 14 answers can be typed more than one way: “St Bernard Pass” counts as Great St Bernard Pass.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Khyber Pass, Brenner Pass and Great St Bernard Pass; 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 mountain pass”?
- Most people start with Khyber Pass, Brenner Pass, Great St Bernard Pass, Gotthard Pass and Simplon Pass. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a mountain pass”?
- 122 in all: 5 on The Tip, 17 Below the Surface, 34 in The Deep, 65 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a mountain pass”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Cho La” and the longest is “Paso de los Libertadores”.
- Is “Name a mountain pass” 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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