What do most people say for “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”?

The usual first answers are Australia, Austria, Argentina, Albania and Algeria. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”?

14 in all: 5 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 2 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Angola” and the longest is “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.

Geography trivia

Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 14 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.

Australia
Austria
Argentina
Albania
Algeria

The next answers people reach for

These 4 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:

Angola
Andorra
Armenia
Antigua and Barbuda

How deep does “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter” go?

The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsAustralia · Austria · Argentina
Below the Surface4 answers · 25 ptsAngola · Andorra · Armenia …
The Deep2 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
The Abyss2 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game

The Deep holds 2 answers starting with S. The Abyss has 2 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

14 answers in total, 5 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Angola”. Longest: “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.
A, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 100% of the answers.
1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Saint Christopher and Nevis” counts as Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Getting below the surface

Start with A: 9 of the answers begin with it.
Australia, Austria and Argentina are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.

Play geography trivia now See all 14 answers A–Z

Quick answers

What do most people say for “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”?: The usual first answers are Australia, Austria, Argentina, Albania and Algeria. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”?: 14 in all: 5 on The Tip, 4 Below the Surface, 2 in The Deep, 2 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Angola” and the longest is “Saint Vincent and the Grenadines”.
How hard is “Name a country whose name starts and ends with the same letter”?: Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.

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