Name a country with a total area of more than 1 million square kilometres: rare answers

We accept 30 answers to “Name a country with a total area of more than 1 million square kilometres” in our Krillion practice game. Most players reach for United States, India and Russia, which keeps them near the surface. Deep cuts such as Mali, Chad and Niger score up to 100 points.

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Accepted answers
30
Category
Geography
Deep answers (85–100 pts)
10 (33%)
Alternate spellings accepted
4 answers
First letters
14 different; A is the most common (4)
  • 🐙 Abyssal: 3 answers (10%), 100 pts each
  • 🦑 Midnight Zone: 7 answers (23%), 85 pts each
  • 🐠 Twilight Zone: 9 answers (30%), 60 pts each
  • 🐟 Sunlit Zone: 8 answers (27%), 30 pts each
  • 🌊 Surface: 3 answers (10%), 10 pts each

The rarest answers

3 answers are Abyssal here, the ones we expect the fewest players to think of: Mali, Chad and Niger. Each is worth 100 points, ten times a Surface answer.

🐙 Abyssal answers (100 points)

Mali, Chad, Niger

🦑 Midnight Zone answers (85 points)

Sudan, Mongolia, Libya, Peru, Angola, Bolivia, Mauritania

🐠 Twilight Zone answers (60 points)

Egypt, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Algeria, Ethiopia, DR Congo

🐟 Sunlit Zone answers (30 points)

China, Canada, Australia, Iran, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, Indonesia

🌊 Surface answers (10 points)

United States, India, Russia

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.

  • Denmark: Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark
  • DR Congo: Democratic Republic of the Congo, DRC, Congo-Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Zaire
  • United States: USA, America, United States of America, U.S., U.S.A.
  • 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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