Geography trivia
Name a city or town in New York State
“Name a city or town in New York State” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 248 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- New York City
- Buffalo
- Albany
- Rochester
- Syracuse
- Niagara Falls
- Ithaca
- Yonkers
- Saratoga Springs
- Lake Placid
- Woodstock
- Cooperstown
One step down
These 49 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Brooklyn
- Queens
- Manhattan
- The Bronx
- Staten Island
- Utica
- Binghamton
- Schenectady
- Troy
- White Plains
- New Rochelle
- Mount Vernon
- Poughkeepsie
- Kingston
- Newburgh
- Peekskill
- Hempstead
- Huntington
- Southampton
- Montauk
- East Hampton
- Sag Harbor
- Watertown
- Plattsburgh
- Oswego
- Elmira
- Corning
- Jamestown
- Geneva
- Canandaigua
- Hudson
- Rhinebeck
- Beacon
- New Paltz
- Nyack
- Tarrytown
- West Point
- Cold Spring
- Glens Falls
- Lake George
- Saranac Lake
- Watkins Glen
- Seneca Falls
- Skaneateles
- Alexandria Bay
- Fire Island
- Long Beach
- Garden City
- Oyster Bay
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsNew York City · Buffalo · Albany
- Below the Surface49 answers · 25 ptsBrooklyn · Queens · Manhattan …
- The Deep131 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss55 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 131 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 55 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 248 answers in total, 67 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Rye”. Longest: “Hastings-on-Hudson”.
- S, C and H are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
- 2 answers can be typed more than one way: “Bronx” counts as The Bronx.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 28 of the answers begin with it.
- New York City, Buffalo and Albany 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 New York State”?
- The usual first answers are New York City, Buffalo, Albany, Rochester and Syracuse. 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 New York State”?
- 248 in all: 12 on The Tip, 49 Below the Surface, 131 in The Deep, 55 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in New York State” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Rye” and the longest is “Hastings-on-Hudson”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in New York State”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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