Geography trivia
Name a city in the Philippines
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 141 answers to “Name a city in the Philippines”, and only 10 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Right, but shallow: 10 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Manila
- Quezon City
- Cebu City
- Davao City
- Makati
- Baguio
- Cagayan de Oro
- Zamboanga City
- Iloilo City
- Bacolod
Just below the surface
These 57 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Taguig
- Pasig
- Caloocan
- Mandaluyong
- Marikina
- Muntinlupa
- Paranaque
- Las Pinas
- Pasay
- Malabon
- Navotas
- Valenzuela
- San Juan
- Antipolo
- Angeles City
- Olongapo
- Puerto Princesa
- Tagbilaran
- Dumaguete
- Butuan
- General Santos
- Tacloban
- Naga
- Legazpi
- Lapu-Lapu
- Mandaue
- Tagaytay
- Batangas City
- Lipa
- Dasmarinas
- Bacoor
- Imus
- Calamba
- Santa Rosa
- San Pablo
- Lucena
- Cabanatuan
- Tarlac City
- San Jose del Monte
- Malolos
- Laoag
- Vigan
- Tuguegarao
- Cotabato City
- Iligan
- Ozamiz
- Pagadian
- Dipolog
- Koronadal
- Kidapawan
- Tagum
- Roxas City
- Ormoc
- Dagupan
- Talisay
- Marawi
- Silay
How the answers sink
- The Tip10 answers · 10 ptsManila · Quezon City · Cebu City
- Below the Surface57 answers · 25 ptsTaguig · Pasig · Caloocan …
- The Deep58 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss15 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 58 answers starting with A, B, C, D, G, I, K, L, M, O, P, S, T, U and V. The Abyss has 15 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 141 answers in total, 32 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bago”. Longest: “Science City of Munoz”.
- T, C and B are the most common first letters; together they start 36% of the answers.
- 7 answers can be typed more than one way: “Munoz” counts as Science City of Munoz.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with T than with any other letter (18). Run through it first.
- Skip Manila, Quezon City and Cebu City; everybody says them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city in the Philippines”?
- Most people start with Manila, Quezon City, Cebu City, Davao City and Makati. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers does Icillion accept for “Name a city in the Philippines”?
- 141 in all: 10 on The Tip, 57 Below the Surface, 58 in The Deep, 15 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city in the Philippines”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bago” and the longest is “Science City of Munoz”.
- Is “Name a city in the Philippines” 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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