Geography trivia
Name a nickname for a city
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a nickname for a city”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 76 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- The Big Apple
- The Windy City
- Sin City
- The City of Angels
- The Big Easy
- The Eternal City
- The City of Light
- Motor City
- Music City
- Beantown
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- The Emerald City
- The Mile High City
- Steel City
- Charm City
- The Crescent City
- The Granite City
- Smoke
- The Big Smoke
- The Golden City
- The Pearl of the Orient
- The City of Love
- The Venice of the North
- The Athens of the North
- Auld Reekie
- The Dirty Old Town
- Cottonopolis
- Brum
- Pompey
- Gotham City
How deep does “Name a nickname for a city” go?
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsThe Big Apple · The Windy City · Sin City
- Below the Surface19 answers · 25 ptsThe Emerald City · The Mile High City · Steel City …
- The Deep30 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss16 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 30 answers starting with C, D, F, H, S and T. The Abyss has 16 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 76 answers in total, 64 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Brum”. Longest: “The Biggest Little City in the World”.
- T, S and C are the most common first letters; together they start 79% of the answers.
- 16 answers can be typed more than one way: “City of Light” counts as The City of Light.
How to go deeper
- Start with T: 51 of the answers begin with it.
- The Big Apple, The Windy City and Sin City 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 nickname for a city”?
- The usual first answers are The Big Apple, The Windy City, Sin City, The City of Angels and The Big Easy. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a nickname for a city”?
- 76 in all: 10 on The Tip, 19 Below the Surface, 30 in The Deep, 16 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a nickname for a city” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Brum” and the longest is “The Biggest Little City in the World”.
- How hard is “Name a nickname for a city”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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