Geography trivia
Name a city or town in New Zealand
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city or town in New Zealand”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 213 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Auckland
- Wellington
- Christchurch
- Hamilton
- Dunedin
- Queenstown
- Tauranga
- Rotorua
- Napier
- Nelson
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Palmerston North
- Invercargill
- Hastings
- New Plymouth
- Whangarei
- Taupo
- Gisborne
- Timaru
- Blenheim
- Whanganui
- Wanaka
- Kaikoura
- Greymouth
- Masterton
- Lower Hutt
- Upper Hutt
- Porirua
- Paihia
- Kerikeri
- Te Anau
- Oamaru
- Picton
- Akaroa
- Whakatane
- Thames
- Cambridge
- Hokitika
- Westport
- Mount Maunganui
- Lake Tekapo
- Arrowtown
- Cromwell
- Alexandra
- Ashburton
- Levin
- Paraparaumu
- Manukau
- Takapuna
- Pukekohe
- Hawera
- Gore
- Russell
- Franz Josef
- Matamata
- Raglan
- Whitianga
- Dargaville
- Kaitaia
- Te Awamutu
How deep does “Name a city or town in New Zealand” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsAuckland · Wellington · Christchurch
- Below the Surface49 answers · 25 ptsPalmerston North · Invercargill · Hastings …
- The Deep101 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss52 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 101 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 52 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 213 answers in total, 22 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Gore”. Longest: “Palmerston North”.
- T, W and M are the most common first letters; together they start 34% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Wanganui” counts as Whanganui.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with T: 26 of the answers begin with it.
- Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch 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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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in New Zealand”?
- The usual first answers are Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton and Dunedin. 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 Zealand”?
- 213 in all: 10 on The Tip, 49 Below the Surface, 101 in The Deep, 52 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in New Zealand” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Gore” and the longest is “Palmerston North”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in New Zealand”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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