Geography trivia
Name a Scottish island
116 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
Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Skye
- Lewis
- Mull
- Arran
- Islay
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Orkney Mainland
- Shetland Mainland
- Jura
- Iona
- Harris
- Barra
- North Uist
- South Uist
- Bute
- Tiree
- Coll
- Eigg
- Rum
- St Kilda
- Staffa
The iceberg for “Name a Scottish island”
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsSkye · Lewis · Mull
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsOrkney Mainland · Shetland Mainland · Jura …
- The Deep40 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss55 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 40 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 55 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 116 answers in total, 26 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hoy”. Longest: “Shetland Mainland”.
- S, I and B are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Isle of Skye” counts as Skye.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (20). Run through it first.
- Skip Skye, Lewis and Mull; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a Scottish island”?
- Most people start with Skye, Lewis, Mull, Arran and Islay. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a Scottish island”?
- 116 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 40 in The Deep, 55 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a Scottish island”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hoy” and the longest is “Shetland Mainland”.
- Is “Name a Scottish island” 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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