Geography trivia
Name a sea or ocean
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 130 answers to “Name a sea or ocean”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Pacific
- Atlantic
- Indian Ocean
- Arctic Ocean
- Mediterranean
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Southern Ocean
- Caribbean Sea
- Red Sea
- Black Sea
- Dead Sea
- North Sea
- Baltic Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Irish Sea
- Aegean Sea
- Adriatic Sea
- South China Sea
- Arabian Sea
- Sea of Japan
- Bering Sea
- Coral Sea
- Tasman Sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- Sargasso Sea
- Yellow Sea
How the answers sink
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 20 | 25 |
| The Deep | 43 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 61 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 43 answers starting with A, B, C, E, G, H, I, J, K, L, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 61 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 130 answers in total, 124 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Pacific”. Longest: “Western Interior Seaway”.
- S, B and G are the most common first letters; together they start 41% of the answers.
- 38 answers can be typed more than one way: “Okhotsk” counts as Sea of Okhotsk.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (24). Run through it first.
- Skip Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a sea or ocean”?
- Most people start with Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean and Mediterranean. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a sea or ocean”?
- 130 in all: 5 on The Tip, 20 Below the Surface, 43 in The Deep, 61 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a sea or ocean”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Pacific” and the longest is “Western Interior Seaway”.
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