Geography trivia
Name a city in Asia
“Name a city in Asia” is one of 63 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 392 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Tokyo
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Hong Kong
- Seoul
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Bangkok
- Singapore
- Dubai
- Mumbai
- Delhi
- Osaka
- Kyoto
- Taipei
- Manila
- Jakarta
- Kuala Lumpur
- Hanoi
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Kolkata
- Bangalore
- Karachi
- Istanbul
- Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi
- Doha
- Tehran
- Baghdad
- Kathmandu
- Pyongyang
- Hiroshima
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 26 | 25 |
| The Deep | 44 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 316 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 44 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X and Y. The Abyss has 316 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 392 answers in total, 36 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ur”. Longest: “Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte”.
- K, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 55 answers can be typed more than one way: “Dalat” counts as Da Lat.
How to go deeper
- Start with K: 41 of the answers begin with it.
- Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a city in Asia”?
- The usual first answers are Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city in Asia”?
- 392 in all: 5 on The Tip, 26 Below the Surface, 44 in The Deep, 316 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city in Asia” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ur” and the longest is “Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte”.
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