Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Scotland
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city or town in Scotland”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 202 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
These are the answers most people give first. They count, but they barely move you: 10 points each.
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Inverness
- Perth
- Stirling
- St Andrews
- Fort William
- Paisley
- Oban
- Dunfermline
The next answers people reach for
These 52 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Ayr
- Kilmarnock
- Falkirk
- Livingston
- East Kilbride
- Cumbernauld
- Hamilton
- Motherwell
- Greenock
- Dumfries
- Elgin
- Aviemore
- Pitlochry
- Peterhead
- Fraserburgh
- Stonehaven
- Montrose
- Arbroath
- Kirkcaldy
- Glenrothes
- Dunbar
- North Berwick
- Musselburgh
- Galashiels
- Melrose
- Kelso
- Hawick
- Peebles
- Stranraer
- Campbeltown
- Dunoon
- Helensburgh
- Largs
- Troon
- Irvine
- Stornoway
- Kirkwall
- Lerwick
- Thurso
- Wick
- Ullapool
- Portree
- Nairn
- Dingwall
- Callander
- Dunblane
- Alloa
- Linlithgow
- Airdrie
- Coatbridge
- Clydebank
- Dumbarton
How deep does “Name a city or town in Scotland” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsEdinburgh · Glasgow · Aberdeen
- Below the Surface52 answers · 25 ptsAyr · Kilmarnock · Falkirk …
- The Deep77 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss60 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 77 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 60 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 202 answers in total, 14 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ayr”. Longest: “Kyle of Lochalsh”.
- B, C and L are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- Start with B: 23 of the answers begin with it.
- Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen are safe but shallow. Aim past 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 Scotland A–Z
Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in Scotland”?
- The usual first answers are Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness. 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 Scotland”?
- 202 in all: 12 on The Tip, 52 Below the Surface, 77 in The Deep, 60 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in Scotland” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ayr” and the longest is “Kyle of Lochalsh”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in Scotland”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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