Geography trivia
Name a country in South America
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 14 answers to “Name a country in South America”, and only 8 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 8 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Brazil
- Argentina
- Chile
- Peru
- Colombia
- Venezuela
- Bolivia
- Ecuador
Just below the surface
These 3 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Uruguay
- Paraguay
- Guyana
How the answers sink
- The Tip8 answers · 10 ptsBrazil · Argentina · Chile
- Below the Surface3 answers · 25 ptsUruguay · Paraguay · Guyana …
- The Deep1 answer · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss1 answer · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 1 answers starting with S. The Abyss has 1 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 14 answers in total, 2 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Peru”. Longest: “Falkland Islands”.
- B, C and F are the most common first letters; together they start 43% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Surinam” counts as Suriname.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with B than with any other letter (2). Run through it first.
- Skip Brazil, Argentina and Chile; 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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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a country in South America”?
- Most people start with Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Colombia. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a country in South America”?
- 14 in all: 8 on The Tip, 3 Below the Surface, 1 in The Deep, 1 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a country in South America”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Peru” and the longest is “Falkland Islands”.
- Is “Name a country in South America” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Easy. Nearly everyone can name something here, so prompts like this one can appear in the daily iceberg.
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