Geography trivia
Name a city in Pakistan
227 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
Right, but shallow: 11 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Karachi
- Lahore
- Islamabad
- Rawalpindi
- Faisalabad
- Peshawar
- Multan
- Quetta
- Hyderabad
- Gujranwala
- Sialkot
Below the waterline
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- Sargodha
- Bahawalpur
- Sukkur
- Larkana
- Abbottabad
- Mardan
- Gujrat
- Sheikhupura
- Jhelum
- Murree
- Mingora
- Rahim Yar Khan
- Sahiwal
- Okara
- Kasur
- Dera Ghazi Khan
- Gwadar
- Nawabshah
- Mirpur
- Muzaffarabad
- Gilgit
- Skardu
- Kohat
- Bannu
- Dera Ismail Khan
- Mansehra
- Chitral
- Taxila
- Wah Cantt
- Khuzdar
- Turbat
- Chaman
- Attock
- Jhang
- Chiniot
- Hunza
The iceberg for “Name a city in Pakistan”
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsKarachi · Lahore · Islamabad
- Below the Surface36 answers · 25 ptsSargodha · Bahawalpur · Sukkur …
- The Deep74 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss105 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 74 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and Z. The Abyss has 105 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 227 answers in total, 35 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Dir”. Longest: “Tando Muhammad Khan”.
- K, M and S are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 3 answers can be typed more than one way: “Shaheed Benazirabad” counts as Nawabshah.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with K than with any other letter (27). Run through it first.
- Skip Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Questions about this prompt
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city in Pakistan”?
- Most people start with Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city in Pakistan”?
- 227 in all: 11 on The Tip, 36 Below the Surface, 74 in The Deep, 105 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city in Pakistan”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Dir” and the longest is “Tando Muhammad Khan”.
- Is “Name a city in Pakistan” 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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