Name a country in Asia: rare answers

We accept 49 answers to “Name a country in Asia” in our Krillion practice game. Most players reach for India, Russia and China, which keeps them near the surface. Deep cuts such as Kuwait, Brunei and Tajikistan score up to 100 points.

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Accepted answers
49
Category
Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
17 (35%)
Alternate spellings accepted
11 answers
First letters
20 different; I is the most common (5)
  • 🐙 Abyssal: 6 answers (12%), 100 pts each
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 11 answers (22%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 15 answers (31%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 13 answers (27%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 4 answers (8%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

6 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Kuwait, Brunei, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, East Timor and Palestine. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Kuwait, Brunei, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, East Timor, Palestine

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Mongolia, Jordan, Qatar, Maldives, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Yemen, Bhutan, Laos, Oman

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Myanmar, Armenia, Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Nepal, Cambodia

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

Israel, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Singapore, Philippines, South Korea, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Thailand

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

India, Russia, China, Japan

Other spellings we accept

Type any of these and the game counts it as the same answer. Small typos are forgiven on longer answers too.

  • Brunei: Brunei Darussalam
  • East Timor: Timor-Leste
  • Palestine: State of Palestine
  • Laos: Lao
  • United Arab Emirates: UAE
  • North Korea: DPRK
  • Myanmar: Burma
  • Turkey: Türkiye
  • South Korea: Republic of Korea
  • Vietnam: Viet Nam
  • Russia: Russian Federation

Rarity tiers are our own estimate of how few people would think of each answer. For strategy, read how to find One in a Krillion answers.

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