Geography trivia
Name a city in Indonesia
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city in Indonesia”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 263 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 9 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Jakarta
- Surabaya
- Bandung
- Medan
- Yogyakarta
- Semarang
- Makassar
- Palembang
- Denpasar
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Bekasi
- Tangerang
- Depok
- Malang
- Bogor
- Batam
- Pekanbaru
- Balikpapan
- Banjarmasin
- Pontianak
- Manado
- Padang
- Samarinda
- Bandar Lampung
- Surakarta
- Jayapura
- Banda Aceh
- Ambon
- Mataram
- Kupang
- Cirebon
- Jambi
- Ubud
- Kuta
- Serang
- Cilegon
- Palu
- Kendari
- Bengkulu
- Ternate
- Sorong
- Tasikmalaya
- Sukabumi
- Cimahi
- Bukittinggi
- Magelang
- Kediri
- Tangerang Selatan
- Singaraja
- Labuan Bajo
- Merauke
How deep does “Name a city in Indonesia” go?
- The Tip9 answers · 10 ptsJakarta · Surabaya · Bandung
- Below the Surface41 answers · 25 ptsBekasi · Tangerang · Depok …
- The Deep72 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss140 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 72 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, S, T and W. The Abyss has 140 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 263 answers in total, 16 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Batu”. Longest: “Tangerang Selatan”.
- S, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 45% of the answers.
- 10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Rantau Prapat” counts as Rantauprapat.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 44 of the answers begin with it.
- Jakarta, Surabaya and Bandung 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.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a city in Indonesia”?
- The usual first answers are Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Medan and Yogyakarta. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city in Indonesia”?
- 263 in all: 9 on The Tip, 41 Below the Surface, 72 in The Deep, 140 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city in Indonesia” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Batu” and the longest is “Tangerang Selatan”.
- How hard is “Name a city in Indonesia”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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