Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Tennessee
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city or town in Tennessee”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 326 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Right, but shallow: 12 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Nashville
- Memphis
- Knoxville
- Chattanooga
- Gatlinburg
- Pigeon Forge
- Franklin
- Murfreesboro
- Clarksville
- Jackson
- Johnson City
- Oak Ridge
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Sevierville
- Cookeville
- Lebanon
- Hendersonville
- Brentwood
- Germantown
- Collierville
- Bartlett
- Cordova
- Millington
- Maryville
- Alcoa
- Townsend
- Cleveland
- Kingsport
- Bristol
- Greeneville
- Morristown
- Columbia
- Spring Hill
- Smyrna
- La Vergne
- Mount Juliet
- Gallatin
- Goodlettsville
- Lynchburg
- Tullahoma
- Manchester
- Shelbyville
- McMinnville
- Crossville
- Lawrenceburg
- Pulaski
- Fayetteville
- Winchester
- Sewanee
- Monteagle
- Lookout Mountain
- Signal Mountain
- Red Bank
- East Ridge
- Dayton
- Athens
- Sweetwater
- Lenoir City
- Loudon
- Elizabethton
- Erwin
- Jonesborough
- Newport
- Dandridge
- Jefferson City
- Rogersville
- Cumberland Gap
- Jamestown
- Clinton
- Norris
- Dickson
- Paris
- Union City
- Dyersburg
- Covington
- Bolivar
- Selmer
- Savannah
- Henderson
- Lexington
- Huntingdon
- Waverly
- Ashland City
- Springfield
- Portland
- Nolensville
- Thompsons Station
- Fairview
- Kingston Springs
- Belle Meade
- Berry Hill
How deep does “Name a city or town in Tennessee” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsNashville · Memphis · Knoxville
- Below the Surface78 answers · 25 ptsSevierville · Cookeville · Lebanon …
- The Deep89 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss146 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 89 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U and W. The Abyss has 146 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 326 answers in total, 63 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Eads”. Longest: “Red Boiling Springs”.
- C, S and B are the most common first letters; together they start 28% of the answers.
How to go deeper
- Start with C: 35 of the answers begin with it.
- Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville 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 Tennessee A–Z
People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in Tennessee”?
- The usual first answers are Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Gatlinburg. 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 Tennessee”?
- 326 in all: 12 on The Tip, 78 Below the Surface, 89 in The Deep, 146 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in Tennessee” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Eads” and the longest is “Red Boiling Springs”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in Tennessee”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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