Geography trivia
Name a city in Nigeria
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 147 answers to “Name a city in Nigeria”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Lagos
- Abuja
- Kano
- Ibadan
- Port Harcourt
- Benin City
- Kaduna
- Enugu
- Calabar
- Jos
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Maiduguri
- Abeokuta
- Owerri
- Onitsha
- Warri
- Ilorin
- Sokoto
- Zaria
- Aba
- Uyo
- Akure
- Osogbo
- Ogbomosho
- Yola
- Makurdi
- Minna
- Lokoja
- Katsina
- Bauchi
- Gombe
- Jalingo
- Abakaliki
- Awka
- Asaba
- Umuahia
- Yenagoa
- Lafia
- Birnin Kebbi
- Gusau
- Dutse
- Damaturu
- Ado Ekiti
- Ikeja
- Ikorodu
- Badagry
- Ile-Ife
- Ijebu Ode
- Sagamu
- Nsukka
- Sapele
- Suleja
- Nnewi
- Bida
- Okene
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsLagos · Abuja · Kano
- Below the Surface44 answers · 25 ptsMaiduguri · Abeokuta · Owerri …
- The Deep50 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss42 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 50 answers starting with A, B, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P, T, U and W. The Abyss has 42 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 147 answers in total, 10 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Aba”. Longest: “Talata Mafara”.
- I, O and K are the most common first letters; together they start 37% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Shagamu” counts as Sagamu.
How to go deeper
- More answers begin with I than with any other letter (19). Run through it first.
- Skip Lagos, Abuja and Kano; everybody says them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city in Nigeria”?
- Most people start with Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Ibadan and Port Harcourt. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city in Nigeria”?
- 147 in all: 10 on The Tip, 44 Below the Surface, 50 in The Deep, 42 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city in Nigeria”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Aba” and the longest is “Talata Mafara”.
- Is “Name a city in Nigeria” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Hard. It rewards people who know the subject well. It comes up in Free play on Hard and Mixed.
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