Geography trivia
Name a city in Israel
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city in Israel”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 133 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.
- Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
- Haifa
- Eilat
- Nazareth
- Beersheba
- Netanya
- Tiberias
- Jaffa
- Acre
The next answers people reach for
These 39 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Ashdod
- Ashkelon
- Rishon LeZion
- Petah Tikva
- Holon
- Bnei Brak
- Ramat Gan
- Rehovot
- Herzliya
- Kfar Saba
- Raanana
- Hadera
- Modiin
- Lod
- Ramla
- Bat Yam
- Beit Shemesh
- Safed
- Kiryat Shmona
- Nahariya
- Afula
- Karmiel
- Sderot
- Dimona
- Arad
- Caesarea
- Mitzpe Ramon
- Beit Shean
- Netivot
- Yavne
- Kiryat Gat
- Hod HaSharon
- Givatayim
- Rosh HaAyin
- Nes Ziona
- Yokneam
- Metula
- Tirat Carmel
- Nesher
How deep does “Name a city in Israel” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsJerusalem · Tel Aviv · Haifa
- Below the Surface39 answers · 25 ptsAshdod · Ashkelon · Rishon LeZion …
- The Deep57 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss26 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 57 answers starting with A, B, D, E, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, Y and Z. The Abyss has 26 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 133 answers in total, 58 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Lod”. Longest: “Pardes Hanna-Karkur”.
- K, R and M are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 17 answers can be typed more than one way: “Umm el-Fahm” counts as Umm al-Fahm.
Getting below the surface
- Start with K: 22 of the answers begin with it.
- Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa 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 Israel”?
- The usual first answers are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Eilat and Nazareth. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city in Israel”?
- 133 in all: 10 on The Tip, 39 Below the Surface, 57 in The Deep, 26 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city in Israel” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Lod” and the longest is “Pardes Hanna-Karkur”.
- How hard is “Name a city in Israel”?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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