Geography trivia
Name a river in the United States
465 answers count for this geography prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Mississippi River
- Missouri River
- Colorado River
- Hudson River
- Ohio River
- Columbia River
- Rio Grande
- Potomac River
- Delaware River
- Snake River
- Arkansas River
- Yukon River
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Red River
- Tennessee River
- Cumberland River
- Susquehanna River
- Connecticut River
- Platte River
- Yellowstone River
- Willamette River
- Sacramento River
- San Joaquin River
- Brazos River
- Pecos River
- Illinois River
- Wabash River
- Kansas River
- Mohawk River
- Allegheny River
- Monongahela River
- Savannah River
- James River
- Shenandoah River
- Charles River
- Chicago River
- Merrimack River
- Saint Lawrence River
- Niagara River
- Gila River
- Salt River
- Green River
- Canadian River
- Wisconsin River
- Minnesota River
- Kentucky River
- Kanawha River
- Schuylkill River
- Passaic River
- Klamath River
- Rogue River
- Deschutes River
- Skagit River
- Truckee River
- Cuyahoga River
- Penobscot River
- Kennebec River
- Roanoke River
- Cape Fear River
- Suwannee River
- St. Johns River
- Chattahoochee River
- Pearl River
- Yazoo River
The iceberg for “Name a river in the United States”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsMississippi River · Missouri River · Colorado River
- Below the Surface51 answers · 25 ptsRed River · Tennessee River · Cumberland River …
- The Deep111 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss290 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 111 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 290 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 465 answers in total, 465 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dan River”. Longest: “Marais des Cygnes River”.
- S, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “St. Lawrence River” counts as Saint Lawrence River.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (69). Run through it first.
- Skip Mississippi River, Missouri River and Colorado River; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a river in the United States”?
- Most people start with Mississippi River, Missouri River, Colorado River, Hudson River and Ohio River. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a river in the United States”?
- 465 in all: 12 on The Tip, 51 Below the Surface, 111 in The Deep, 290 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a river in the United States”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dan River” and the longest is “Marais des Cygnes River”.
- Is “Name a river in the United States” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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