Geography trivia
Name a city
“Name a city” is one of 63 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 833 accepted answers, 27 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.
The tip of the iceberg
Right, but shallow: 27 answers nearly everyone thinks of, worth 10 points each.
- Paris
- London
- Rome
- Berlin
- Madrid
- New York
- Los Angeles
- Chicago
- San Francisco
- Miami
- Tokyo
- Beijing
- Shanghai
- Hong Kong
- Seoul
- Milan
- Venice
- Florence
- Lyon
- Marseille
- Munich
- Hamburg
- Barcelona
- Valencia
- Bucharest
- Cluj-Napoca
- Timisoara
One step down
These 101 are known, but not the first thing people say. 25 points each:
- Vienna
- Amsterdam
- Athens
- Lisbon
- Brussels
- Prague
- Dublin
- Moscow
- Stockholm
- Oslo
- Copenhagen
- Warsaw
- Budapest
- Bern
- Kyiv
- Boston
- Las Vegas
- Washington
- Seattle
- Houston
- Dallas
- Philadelphia
- Atlanta
- Detroit
- New Orleans
- San Diego
- Denver
- Phoenix
- Orlando
- Austin
- Nashville
- Honolulu
- Portland
- San Antonio
- Baltimore
- Minneapolis
- Saint Louis
- Pittsburgh
- Cleveland
- Salt Lake City
- Bangkok
- Singapore
- Dubai
- Mumbai
- Delhi
- Osaka
- Kyoto
- Taipei
- Manila
- Jakarta
- Kuala Lumpur
- Hanoi
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Kolkata
- Bangalore
- Karachi
- Istanbul
- Jerusalem
- Tel Aviv
- Abu Dhabi
- Doha
- Tehran
- Baghdad
- Kathmandu
- Pyongyang
- Hiroshima
- Naples
- Turin
- Pisa
- Bologna
- Verona
- Palermo
- Genoa
- Nice
- Bordeaux
- Toulouse
- Cannes
- Lille
- Strasbourg
- Nantes
- Frankfurt
- Cologne
- Stuttgart
- Dortmund
- Dresden
- Leipzig
- Dusseldorf
- Seville
- Malaga
- Bilbao
- Granada
- Alicante
- Cordoba
- Toledo
- Brasov
- Iasi
- Constanta
- Sibiu
- Oradea
- Craiova
- Galati
Answers by level
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 27 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 101 | 25 |
| The Deep | 157 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 547 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 157 answers starting with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y and Z. The Abyss has 547 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 833 answers in total, 100 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Ur”. Longest: “Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte”.
- S, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 27% of the answers.
- 67 answers can be typed more than one way: “Naypyitaw” counts as Naypyidaw.
Getting below the surface
- Start with S: 87 of the answers begin with it.
- Paris, London and Rome are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Small states score well: microstates, island nations and landlocked countries are rarely the first answer anyone gives.
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Questions about this prompt
- What do most people say for “Name a city”?
- The usual first answers are Paris, London, Rome, Berlin and Madrid. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a city”?
- 833 in all: 27 on The Tip, 101 Below the Surface, 157 in The Deep, 547 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a city” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Ur” and the longest is “Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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