Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Maryland
“Name a city or town in Maryland” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 366 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Baltimore
- Annapolis
- Bethesda
- Rockville
- Silver Spring
- Frederick
- Ocean City
- Columbia
- Gaithersburg
- Hagerstown
- Towson
- Salisbury
One step down
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Cumberland
- Easton
- Cambridge
- St. Michaels
- Oxford
- Chestertown
- Havre de Grace
- Bel Air
- Aberdeen
- Elkton
- North East
- Westminster
- Ellicott City
- Laurel
- College Park
- Greenbelt
- Bowie
- Hyattsville
- Takoma Park
- Chevy Chase
- Potomac
- Germantown
- Olney
- Kensington
- Wheaton
- Upper Marlboro
- Waldorf
- La Plata
- Lexington Park
- Leonardtown
- Solomons
- Prince Frederick
- Chesapeake Beach
- North Beach
- Crofton
- Glen Burnie
- Severna Park
- Pasadena
- Dundalk
- Essex
- Catonsville
- Pikesville
- Owings Mills
- Reisterstown
- Hunt Valley
- Cockeysville
- Lutherville
- Timonium
- Parkville
- Edgewood
- Perryville
- Port Deposit
- Crisfield
- Princess Anne
- Pocomoke City
- Snow Hill
- Berlin
- Frostburg
- Oakland
- McHenry
- Thurmont
- Emmitsburg
- Brunswick
- Middletown
- Sharpsburg
- Williamsport
- Hancock
- Sykesville
- Mount Airy
- Poolesville
- Ocean Pines
- Tilghman
- Rock Hall
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsBaltimore · Annapolis · Bethesda
- Below the Surface73 answers · 25 ptsCumberland · Easton · Cambridge …
- The Deep85 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss195 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 85 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 195 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 366 answers in total, 107 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eden”. Longest: “Mountain Lake Park”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with C: 43 of the answers begin with it.
- Baltimore, Annapolis and Bethesda are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in Maryland”?
- The usual first answers are Baltimore, Annapolis, Bethesda, Rockville and Silver Spring. 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 Maryland”?
- 366 in all: 12 on The Tip, 73 Below the Surface, 85 in The Deep, 195 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in Maryland” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eden” and the longest is “Mountain Lake Park”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in Maryland”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
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