Geography trivia
Name a city in Iran
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city in Iran”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 141 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Tehran
- Isfahan
- Shiraz
- Tabriz
- Mashhad
- Qom
- Yazd
- Ahvaz
- Kerman
- Rasht
The next answers people reach for
These 36 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Karaj
- Kermanshah
- Urmia
- Zahedan
- Hamadan
- Arak
- Ardabil
- Bandar Abbas
- Qazvin
- Sanandaj
- Zanjan
- Khorramabad
- Gorgan
- Sari
- Bushehr
- Birjand
- Bojnord
- Ilam
- Yasuj
- Shahrekord
- Semnan
- Kashan
- Abadan
- Dezful
- Khorramshahr
- Bam
- Chabahar
- Kish
- Neyshabur
- Babol
- Amol
- Bandar Anzali
- Najafabad
- Varamin
- Rey
- Susa
How deep does “Name a city in Iran” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsTehran · Isfahan · Shiraz
- Below the Surface36 answers · 25 ptsKaraj · Kermanshah · Urmia …
- The Deep56 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss38 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 56 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, I, J, K, L, M, N, Q, R, S, T and Z. The Abyss has 38 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 141 answers in total, 13 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bam”. Longest: “Bandar Imam Khomeini”.
- S, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 35% of the answers.
- 18 answers can be typed more than one way: “Esfahan” counts as Isfahan.
How to go deeper
- Start with S: 19 of the answers begin with it.
- Tehran, Isfahan and Shiraz are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
Play geography trivia nowList of Iranian cities A–Z
People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a city in Iran”?
- The usual first answers are Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Mashhad. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city in Iran”?
- 141 in all: 10 on The Tip, 36 Below the Surface, 56 in The Deep, 38 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city in Iran” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bam” and the longest is “Bandar Imam Khomeini”.
- How hard is “Name a city in Iran”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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