Geography trivia
Name a city or town in Virginia
336 answers count for this geography prompt. Here is what floats on top, what sits just below the waterline, and how far down the rest go.
Floating on top
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Richmond
- Virginia Beach
- Norfolk
- Arlington
- Alexandria
- Charlottesville
- Williamsburg
- Roanoke
- Fredericksburg
- Lynchburg
- Newport News
- Hampton
Below the waterline
These 81 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Chesapeake
- Portsmouth
- Suffolk
- Fairfax
- Reston
- Herndon
- Leesburg
- Manassas
- Winchester
- Harrisonburg
- Blacksburg
- Staunton
- Lexington
- Danville
- Petersburg
- Vienna
- Falls Church
- McLean
- Tysons
- Centreville
- Chantilly
- Sterling
- Ashburn
- Woodbridge
- Front Royal
- Warrenton
- Culpeper
- Abingdon
- Bristol
- Wytheville
- Radford
- Christiansburg
- Salem
- Waynesboro
- Martinsville
- Hopewell
- Colonial Heights
- Yorktown
- Jamestown
- Chincoteague
- Smithfield
- Middleburg
- Purcellville
- Luray
- Bedford
- Appomattox
- Farmville
- Ashland
- Glen Allen
- Midlothian
- Mechanicsville
- Mount Vernon
- Springfield
- Annandale
- Burke
- Great Falls
- Oakton
- Lorton
- Dale City
- Stafford
- Quantico
- Occoquan
- Dumfries
- Gainesville
- Haymarket
- Orange
- Emporia
- Poquoson
- Urbanna
- Tappahannock
- Kilmarnock
- Onancock
- Cape Charles
- Gloucester
- Berryville
- Strasburg
- Covington
- Big Stone Gap
- Galax
- Marion
- Wise
The iceberg for “Name a city or town in Virginia”
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsRichmond · Virginia Beach · Norfolk
- Below the Surface81 answers · 25 ptsChesapeake · Portsmouth · Suffolk …
- The Deep68 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss174 answers · 85 ptsHidden until you play
- Below the Iceberg1 answer · 100 ptsOne legendary answer, waiting in the game
The Deep holds 68 answers starting with A, B, C, D, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V and W. The Abyss has 174 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 336 answers in total, 66 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Hood”. Longest: “Charlotte Court House”.
- C, B and S are the most common first letters; together they start 29% of the answers.
Tips for a rarer answer
- More answers begin with C than with any other letter (38). Run through it first.
- Skip Richmond, Virginia Beach and Norfolk; everybody says them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
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People also ask
- What are the most common answers to “Name a city or town in Virginia”?
- Most people start with Richmond, Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Arlington and Alexandria. 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 Virginia”?
- 336 in all: 12 on The Tip, 81 Below the Surface, 68 in The Deep, 174 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- What is the shortest answer to “Name a city or town in Virginia”?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Hood” and the longest is “Charlotte Court House”.
- Is “Name a city or town in Virginia” 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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