Geography trivia
Name a lake in the United States
“Name a lake in the United States” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 395 accepted answers, 11 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Lake Michigan
- Lake Superior
- Lake Erie
- Lake Huron
- Lake Ontario
- Lake Tahoe
- Great Salt Lake
- Lake Okeechobee
- Lake Champlain
- Lake Mead
- Lake Powell
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Lake George
- Lake Placid
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Havasu
- Crater Lake
- Lake Lanier
- Lake Winnipesaukee
- Lake Itasca
- Mono Lake
- Lake Sakakawea
- Lake Texoma
- Lake of the Ozarks
- Table Rock Lake
- Lake Washington
- Lake Chelan
- Lake Pend Oreille
- Flathead Lake
- Yellowstone Lake
- Lake Minnetonka
- Pyramid Lake
- Lake Shasta
- Lake Oroville
- Clear Lake
- Big Bear Lake
- Lake Arrowhead
- Salton Sea
- Lake Travis
- Lake Norman
- Seneca Lake
- Cayuga Lake
- Keuka Lake
- Moosehead Lake
- Lake Sunapee
- Lake Cumberland
- Kentucky Lake
- Lake Mille Lacs
- Lake of the Woods
- Lake Coeur d'Alene
- Bear Lake
- Jackson Lake
- Lake McDonald
- Lake Winnebago
- Lake Eufaula
- Lake Murray
- Lake Hartwell
- Smith Mountain Lake
- Canandaigua Lake
- Oneida Lake
- Sebago Lake
Answers by level
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsLake Michigan · Lake Superior · Lake Erie
- Below the Surface50 answers · 25 ptsLake Pontchartrain · Lake George · Lake Placid …
- The Deep106 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss227 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 106 answers starting with B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 227 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 395 answers in total, 395 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gun Lake”. Longest: “Lake Tear of the Clouds”.
- L, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 65% of the answers.
- 22 answers can be typed more than one way: “Texoma” counts as Lake Texoma.
How to go deeper
- Start with L: 202 of the answers begin with it.
- Lake Michigan, Lake Superior and Lake Erie are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a lake in the United States”?
- The usual first answers are Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Huron and Lake Ontario. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a lake in the United States”?
- 395 in all: 11 on The Tip, 50 Below the Surface, 106 in The Deep, 227 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a lake in the United States” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gun Lake” and the longest is “Lake Tear of the Clouds”.
- How hard is “Name a lake in the United States”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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