Geography trivia
Name a city or town in North Carolina
360 answers count for this geography prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Charlotte
- Raleigh
- Durham
- Greensboro
- Winston-Salem
- Asheville
- Wilmington
- Chapel Hill
- Fayetteville
- Cary
- Kitty Hawk
- Boone
Below the waterline
These 72 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Greenville
- High Point
- Concord
- Gastonia
- Jacksonville
- Rocky Mount
- Huntersville
- Cornelius
- Mooresville
- Matthews
- Apex
- Wake Forest
- Holly Springs
- Garner
- Hickory
- Burlington
- Salisbury
- Kannapolis
- Monroe
- Wilson
- Goldsboro
- New Bern
- Kinston
- Elizabeth City
- Morehead City
- Beaufort
- Nags Head
- Kill Devil Hills
- Manteo
- Duck
- Corolla
- Hatteras
- Ocracoke
- Emerald Isle
- Atlantic Beach
- Wrightsville Beach
- Carolina Beach
- Kure Beach
- Southport
- Oak Island
- Topsail Beach
- Surf City
- Sunset Beach
- Ocean Isle Beach
- Holden Beach
- Brevard
- Hendersonville
- Waynesville
- Cherokee
- Sylva
- Franklin
- Highlands
- Blowing Rock
- Banner Elk
- Black Mountain
- Saluda
- Tryon
- Southern Pines
- Pinehurst
- Aberdeen
- Sanford
- Lumberton
- Hillsborough
- Carrboro
- Davidson
- Pittsboro
- Mount Airy
- Lexington
- Statesville
- Shelby
- Morganton
- Asheboro
The iceberg for “Name a city or town in North Carolina”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsCharlotte · Raleigh · Durham
- Below the Surface72 answers · 25 ptsGreenville · High Point · Concord …
- The Deep86 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss189 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 86 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W, Y and Z. The Abyss has 189 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 360 answers in total, 93 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Apex”. Longest: “Wrightsville Beach”.
- S, W and C are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (47). Run through it first.
- Skip Charlotte, Raleigh and Durham; everybody says them.
- Use the map in your head: walk along a coastline or a river and name what you pass.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in North Carolina A–Z
Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city or town in North Carolina”?
- Most people start with Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham, Greensboro and Winston-Salem. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city or town in North Carolina”?
- 360 in all: 12 on The Tip, 72 Below the Surface, 86 in The Deep, 189 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city or town in North Carolina”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Apex” and the longest is “Wrightsville Beach”.
- Is “Name a city or town in North Carolina” an easy or a hard prompt?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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