Geography trivia
Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 215 answers to “Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site”, and only 5 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Machu Picchu
- Taj Mahal
- Great Barrier Reef
- Pyramids of Giza
- Acropolis of Athens
Just below the surface
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Angkor
- Petra
- Great Wall of China
- Stonehenge
- Galapagos Islands
- Venice
- Yellowstone National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Serengeti National Park
- Chichen Itza
- Palace of Versailles
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Statue of Liberty
- Sydney Opera House
- Tower of London
How the answers sink
- The Tip5 answers · 10 ptsMachu Picchu · Taj Mahal · Great Barrier Reef
- Below the Surface15 answers · 25 ptsAngkor · Petra · Great Wall of China …
- The Deep36 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss158 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, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, S, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 158 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 215 answers in total, 146 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hue”. Longest: “Great Smoky Mountains National Park”.
- S, M and C are the most common first letters; together they start 26% of the answers.
- 30 answers can be typed more than one way: “Grand Canyon” counts as Grand Canyon National Park.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (21). Run through it first.
- Skip Machu Picchu, Taj Mahal and Great Barrier Reef; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site”?
- Most people start with Machu Picchu, Taj Mahal, Great Barrier Reef, Pyramids of Giza and Acropolis of Athens. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site”?
- 215 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 36 in The Deep, 158 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hue” and the longest is “Great Smoky Mountains National Park”.
- Is “Name a UNESCO World Heritage Site” 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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