What do most people say for “Name a city in the United States”?

The usual first answers are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.

How many answers are there to “Name a city in the United States”?

243 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 164 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.

Which answers to “Name a city in the United States” are the shortest and the longest?

The shortest accepted answer is “Erie” and the longest is “Truth or Consequences”.

Geography trivia

Name a city in the United States

“Name a city in the United States” is one of 63 geography prompts in Icillion. Of its 243 accepted answers, 5 are the ones nearly everyone says first; the rest sink deeper the rarer they are.

The tip of the iceberg

Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.

New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
San Francisco
Miami

One step down

Second thoughts land here, at 25 points:

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

Answers by level

Level	Accepted answers	Points
The Tip	5	10
Below the Surface	25	25
The Deep	48	50
The Abyss	164	85
Below the Iceberg	1	100

The Deep holds 48 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S and T. The Abyss has 164 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.

Inside the answer list

243 answers in total, 59 of them longer than one word.
Shortest: “Erie”. Longest: “Truth or Consequences”.
S, B and M are the most common first letters; together they start 30% of the answers.
10 answers can be typed more than one way: “Vegas” counts as Las Vegas.

Getting below the surface

Start with S: 34 of the answers begin with it.
New York, Los Angeles and Chicago 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 now See all 243 answers A–Z

Questions about this prompt

What do most people say for “Name a city in the United States”?: The usual first answers are New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Miami. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
How many answers are there to “Name a city in the United States”?: 243 in all: 5 on The Tip, 25 Below the Surface, 48 in The Deep, 164 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
Which answers to “Name a city in the United States” are the shortest and the longest?: The shortest accepted answer is “Erie” and the longest is “Truth or Consequences”.

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