Geography trivia
Name a river in South America
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 122 answers to “Name a river in South America”, 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.
- Amazon
- Orinoco
- Parana
- Magdalena
- Paraguay
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Rio Negro
- Madeira
- Xingu
- Tocantins
- Sao Francisco
- Uruguay
- Putumayo
- Purus
- Tapajos
- Araguaia
- Ucayali
- Maranon
- Napo
- Cauca
- Pilcomayo
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsAmazon · Orinoco · Parana
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsRio Negro · Madeira · Xingu …
- The Deep36 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 36 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and U. The Abyss has 65 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 122 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Loa”. Longest: “Rio de la Plata”.
- M, P and C are the most common first letters; together they start 39% of the answers.
- 9 answers can be typed more than one way: “Maroni” counts as Marowijne.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (17). Run through it first.
- Skip Amazon, Orinoco and Parana; 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 river in South America”?
- Most people start with Amazon, Orinoco, Parana, Magdalena and Paraguay. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a river in South America”?
- 122 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 65 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a river in South America”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Loa” and the longest is “Rio de la Plata”.
- Is “Name a river in South America” 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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