Geography trivia
Name a city or town in British Columbia
“Name a city or town in British Columbia” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 271 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Vancouver
- Victoria
- Kelowna
- Whistler
- Nanaimo
- Kamloops
- Surrey
- Burnaby
- Richmond
- Abbotsford
- Prince George
- Tofino
One step down
These 70 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Langley
- Coquitlam
- Port Coquitlam
- Port Moody
- North Vancouver
- West Vancouver
- New Westminster
- Delta
- White Rock
- Maple Ridge
- Pitt Meadows
- Mission
- Chilliwack
- Hope
- Squamish
- Pemberton
- Lillooet
- Vernon
- Penticton
- Osoyoos
- Oliver
- Summerland
- Peachland
- West Kelowna
- Lake Country
- Salmon Arm
- Revelstoke
- Golden
- Invermere
- Fernie
- Cranbrook
- Kimberley
- Nelson
- Castlegar
- Trail
- Rossland
- Grand Forks
- Creston
- Prince Rupert
- Terrace
- Kitimat
- Smithers
- Fort St. John
- Dawson Creek
- Williams Lake
- Quesnel
- 100 Mile House
- Duncan
- Courtenay
- Comox
- Campbell River
- Port Alberni
- Ucluelet
- Sidney
- Saanich
- Oak Bay
- Esquimalt
- Sooke
- Salt Spring Island
- Parksville
- Qualicum Beach
- Powell River
- Sechelt
- Gibsons
- Port Hardy
- Bowen Island
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Merritt
- Princeton
- Cache Creek
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsVancouver · Victoria · Kelowna
- Below the Surface70 answers · 25 ptsLangley · Coquitlam · Port Coquitlam …
- The Deep113 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss75 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 113 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 75 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 271 answers in total, 113 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hope”. Longest: “Harrison Hot Springs”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Daajing Giids” counts as Queen Charlotte.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 28 of the answers begin with it.
- Vancouver, Victoria and Kelowna 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.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in British Columbia A–Z
Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in British Columbia”?
- The usual first answers are Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Whistler and Nanaimo. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city or town in British Columbia”?
- 271 in all: 12 on The Tip, 70 Below the Surface, 113 in The Deep, 75 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in British Columbia” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hope” and the longest is “Harrison Hot Springs”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in British Columbia”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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