What do most people say for “Name a US state”?

The usual first answers are California, Texas, Florida, New York and Hawaii. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a US state”?

50 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a US state” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Iowa” and the longest is “South Carolina”.

Geography trivia

Name a US state

Everyone has a first answer to “Name a US state”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 50 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.

The obvious answers

Right, but shallow: 5 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.

California
Texas
Florida
New York
Hawaii

The next answers people reach for

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

Alaska
Washington
Nevada
Arizona
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Georgia
Colorado
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Louisiana
Utah
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Virginia

How deep does “Name a US state” go?

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	16	25
The Deep	23	50
The Abyss	5	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 23 answers starting with A, C, I, K, M, N, O, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 5 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

50 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Iowa”. Longest: “South Carolina”.
M, N and A are the most common first letters; together they start 40% of the answers.

Getting below the surface

Start with M: 8 of the answers begin with it.
California, Texas and Florida 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 US state”?: The usual first answers are California, Texas, Florida, New York and Hawaii. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a US state”?: 50 in all: 5 on The Tip, 16 Below the Surface, 23 in The Deep, 5 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a US state” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Iowa” and the longest is “South Carolina”.

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