Geography trivia
Name a town in England
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a town in England”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 263 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.
- Reading
- Slough
- Swindon
- Luton
- Northampton
- Bournemouth
- Blackpool
- Middlesbrough
- Watford
- Cheltenham
- Harrogate
- Stratford-upon-Avon
The next answers people reach for
Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:
- Huddersfield
- Oldham
- Bolton
- Stockport
- Warrington
- Ipswich
- Crawley
- Basingstoke
- Guildford
- Maidstone
- Stevenage
- Gillingham
- Darlington
- Scunthorpe
- Grimsby
- Rotherham
- Barnsley
- Telford
- Woking
- Eastbourne
- Hastings
- Margate
- Dover
- Torquay
- Blackburn
- Burnley
- Halifax
- Wigan
- St Helens
- Crewe
- Macclesfield
- Bedford
- Bracknell
- Maidenhead
- Windsor
- Newbury
- High Wycombe
- Aylesbury
- Banbury
- Chesterfield
- Mansfield
- Grantham
- Skegness
- King's Lynn
- Great Yarmouth
- Lowestoft
- Harlow
- Basildon
- Rugby
- Leamington Spa
- Shrewsbury
- Whitby
- Scarborough
- Southport
- Rochdale
- Bury
- Hartlepool
- Weymouth
- Poole
- Taunton
- Weston-super-Mare
- Newquay
- Penzance
- Falmouth
- Royal Tunbridge Wells
- Worthing
- Folkestone
- Kendal
- Cirencester
- Stafford
- Dudley
- Walsall
- Solihull
How deep does “Name a town in England” go?
- The Tip12 answers · 10 ptsReading · Slough · Swindon
- Below the Surface73 answers · 25 ptsHuddersfield · Oldham · Bolton …
- The Deep75 answers · 50 ptsHidden until you play
- The Abyss102 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, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T and W. The Abyss has 102 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Facts about this list
- 263 answers in total, 27 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Bury”. Longest: “Appleby-in-Westmorland”.
- B, S and W are the most common first letters; together they start 32% of the answers.
- 1 answers can be typed more than one way: “Tunbridge Wells” counts as Royal Tunbridge Wells.
How to go deeper
- Start with B: 30 of the answers begin with it.
- Reading, Slough and Swindon are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Think regionally: after the famous capital, try the second and third city of the same country.
Play geography trivia nowList of towns in England A–Z
People also ask
- What do most people say for “Name a town in England”?
- The usual first answers are Reading, Slough, Swindon, Luton and Northampton. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a town in England”?
- 263 in all: 12 on The Tip, 73 Below the Surface, 75 in The Deep, 102 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a town in England” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Bury” and the longest is “Appleby-in-Westmorland”.
- How hard is “Name a town in England”?
- Medium. It takes some general knowledge. It comes up in Free play on Medium and Mixed.
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