Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Illinois
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 397 answers to “Name a city or town in Illinois”, and only 12 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Chicago
- Springfield
- Peoria
- Rockford
- Naperville
- Aurora
- Joliet
- Champaign
- Urbana
- Evanston
- Bloomington
- Decatur
Just below the surface
These 67 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Elgin
- Waukegan
- Cicero
- Schaumburg
- Oak Park
- Skokie
- Arlington Heights
- Palatine
- Des Plaines
- Orland Park
- Tinley Park
- Bolingbrook
- Downers Grove
- Wheaton
- Glen Ellyn
- Lombard
- Elmhurst
- Normal
- Carbondale
- Galena
- Moline
- Rock Island
- Quincy
- Alton
- Belleville
- Edwardsville
- East St. Louis
- Collinsville
- Kankakee
- Danville
- Mattoon
- Charleston
- Effingham
- Marion
- Metropolis
- Cairo
- DeKalb
- St. Charles
- Geneva
- Batavia
- Crystal Lake
- McHenry
- Libertyville
- Lake Forest
- Highland Park
- Wilmette
- Winnetka
- Northbrook
- Deerfield
- Gurnee
- Buffalo Grove
- Oak Brook
- Hinsdale
- La Grange
- Berwyn
- Oak Lawn
- Plainfield
- Ottawa
- Galesburg
- Macomb
- Jacksonville
- Pekin
- Mount Prospect
- Park Ridge
- Nauvoo
- Vandalia
- Centralia
How the answers sink
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsChicago · Springfield · Peoria
- Below the Surface67 answers · 25 ptsElgin · Waukegan · Cicero …
- The Deep66 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss251 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 66 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 251 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 397 answers in total, 81 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Anna”. Longest: “Elk Grove Village”.
- M, C and S are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with M than with any other letter (47). Run through it first.
- Skip Chicago, Springfield and Peoria; everybody says 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 are the most common answers to “Name a city or town in Illinois”?
- Most people start with Chicago, Springfield, Peoria, Rockford and Naperville. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city or town in Illinois”?
- 397 in all: 12 on The Tip, 67 Below the Surface, 66 in The Deep, 251 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city or town in Illinois”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Anna” and the longest is “Elk Grove Village”.
- Is “Name a city or town in Illinois” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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