Geography trivia
Name a city or town in South Carolina
Can you get past the obvious ones? Icillion accepts 268 answers to “Name a city or town in South Carolina”, and only 11 of them float on the tip of the iceberg.
What everyone says first
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Charleston
- Columbia
- Greenville
- Myrtle Beach
- Hilton Head Island
- Spartanburg
- Rock Hill
- Beaufort
- Florence
- Aiken
- Summerville
Just below the surface
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Mount Pleasant
- North Charleston
- Anderson
- Sumter
- Clemson
- Greer
- Mauldin
- Simpsonville
- Easley
- Lexington
- Irmo
- Cayce
- West Columbia
- Conway
- North Myrtle Beach
- Surfside Beach
- Pawleys Island
- Georgetown
- Bluffton
- Port Royal
- Camden
- Orangeburg
- Goose Creek
- Hanahan
- Folly Beach
- Isle of Palms
- Sullivan's Island
- Kiawah Island
- Seabrook Island
- Edisto Beach
- Walterboro
- Gaffney
- York
- Fort Mill
- Tega Cay
- Lancaster
- Chester
- Union
- Newberry
- Laurens
- Greenwood
- Abbeville
- Pendleton
- Seneca
- Walhalla
- Pickens
- Travelers Rest
- Fountain Inn
- Blythewood
- Chapin
- Forest Acres
- Hartsville
- Darlington
- Bennettsville
- Marion
- Dillon
- Lake City
- Kingstree
- Manning
- Murrells Inlet
- Garden City
- Little River
- Johns Island
- James Island
- Daufuskie Island
- Fripp Island
- North Augusta
- Cheraw
- Ninety Six
- Winnsboro
How the answers sink
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsCharleston · Columbia · Greenville
- Below the Surface70 answers · 25 ptsMount Pleasant · North Charleston · Anderson …
- The Deep75 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss111 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 75 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, V, W and Y. The Abyss has 111 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
By the numbers
- 268 answers in total, 62 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Iva”. Longest: “Batesburg-Leesville”.
- S, C and P are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Hilton Head” counts as Hilton Head Island.
Getting below the surface
- More answers begin with S than with any other letter (31). Run through it first.
- Skip Charleston, Columbia and Greenville; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in South Carolina A–Z
Quick answers
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city or town in South Carolina”?
- Most people start with Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head Island. 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 South Carolina”?
- 268 in all: 11 on The Tip, 70 Below the Surface, 75 in The Deep, 111 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city or town in South Carolina”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Iva” and the longest is “Batesburg-Leesville”.
- Is “Name a city or town in South 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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