Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Ontario
“Name a city or town in Ontario” is one of 176 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 449 accepted answers, 12 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Hamilton
- London
- Mississauga
- Brampton
- Windsor
- Niagara Falls
- Kingston
- Waterloo
- Kitchener
- Barrie
One step down
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Guelph
- Thunder Bay
- Sudbury
- Oshawa
- Markham
- Vaughan
- Richmond Hill
- Burlington
- Oakville
- Milton
- Cambridge
- St. Catharines
- Niagara-on-the-Lake
- Welland
- Brantford
- Stratford
- Peterborough
- Belleville
- Cornwall
- Sarnia
- Sault Ste. Marie
- North Bay
- Timmins
- Kenora
- Orillia
- Collingwood
- Owen Sound
- Whitby
- Ajax
- Pickering
- Scarborough
- Etobicoke
- North York
- Cobourg
- Huntsville
- Bracebridge
- Gravenhurst
- Parry Sound
- Tobermory
- Wasaga Beach
- Midland
- Newmarket
- Aurora
- Brockville
- Gananoque
- Pembroke
- Kanata
- Orleans
- Nepean
- Port Hope
- Fort Erie
- Port Colborne
- Woodstock
- Chatham
- Leamington
- Amherstburg
- Goderich
- Kincardine
- Elliot Lake
- Kapuskasing
- Kirkland Lake
- Dryden
- Fort Frances
- Sioux Lookout
Answers by level
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsToronto · Ottawa · Hamilton
- Below the Surface64 answers · 25 ptsGuelph · Thunder Bay · Sudbury …
- The Deep179 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss193 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 179 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W. The Abyss has 193 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 449 answers in total, 95 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Emo”. Longest: “Niagara-on-the-Lake”.
- S, C and M are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Soo” counts as Sault Ste. Marie.
Tips for a rarer answer
- Start with S: 43 of the answers begin with it.
- Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in Ontario A–Z
People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in Ontario”?
- The usual first answers are Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London and Mississauga. 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 Ontario”?
- 449 in all: 12 on The Tip, 64 Below the Surface, 179 in The Deep, 193 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in Ontario” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Emo” and the longest is “Niagara-on-the-Lake”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in Ontario”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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