Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 410 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.
- Melbourne
- Geelong
- Ballarat
- Bendigo
- Shepparton
- Mildura
- Warrnambool
- Wodonga
- St Kilda
- Frankston
- Torquay
The next answers people reach for
These 59 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Wangaratta
- Horsham
- Traralgon
- Morwell
- Sale
- Bairnsdale
- Echuca
- Swan Hill
- Colac
- Portland
- Hamilton
- Ararat
- Stawell
- Castlemaine
- Daylesford
- Healesville
- Lorne
- Apollo Bay
- Cowes
- Mornington
- Sorrento
- Portsea
- Dandenong
- Box Hill
- Footscray
- Richmond
- Fitzroy
- Carlton
- Collingwood
- Brunswick
- Prahran
- South Yarra
- Toorak
- Brighton
- Williamstown
- Werribee
- Craigieburn
- Lilydale
- Ringwood
- Heidelberg
- Docklands
- Southbank
- Port Melbourne
- Hawthorn
- Glen Waverley
- Pakenham
- Bacchus Marsh
- Kyneton
- Benalla
- Beechworth
- Bright
- Lakes Entrance
- Port Fairy
- Warragul
- Wonthaggi
- Queenscliff
- Halls Gap
- Walhalla
- Mallacoota
How deep does “Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia” go?
- The Tip11 answers · 10 ptsMelbourne · Geelong · Ballarat
- Below the Surface59 answers · 25 ptsWangaratta · Horsham · Traralgon …
- The Deep116 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss223 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 116 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, W and Y. The Abyss has 223 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 410 answers in total, 76 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Kew”. Longest: “Hoppers Crossing”.
- M, B and C are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
Getting below the surface
- Start with M: 47 of the answers begin with it.
- Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
Play geography trivia nowList of cities and towns in Victoria (Australia) A–Z
Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia”?
- The usual first answers are Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton. 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 Victoria, Australia”?
- 410 in all: 11 on The Tip, 59 Below the Surface, 116 in The Deep, 223 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Kew” and the longest is “Hoppers Crossing”.
- How hard is “Name a city or town in Victoria, Australia”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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