Can you name the 100 largest cities in the U.S. in 10 minutes?

[Rain Man]

https://hugequiz.com/quizzes/geography/us-largest-cities/

As a tip, this is largest cities, not largest metro areas.

Go here, type 100 into the box, and start typing. It puts up a handy map to help you out. It doesn't have a time limit, so give yourself 10 minutes and report back.

I think about geography a lot, I mean a LOT, and I got 81. I missed a couple of obvious ones, but in looking at the ones I missed, 81 was about my limit.

[RyanLeaf'sBoner]

Love geography stuff, brb

[RyanLeaf'sBoner]

in ten minutes i missed 29/100

I'm very southern california and vegas/phoenix/dallas-deficient. .

Also the pins were off in some locations

[RealSNR]

79/100, and that was with me taking an extra 2 minutes beyond the 10 to really think about some of those metro areas and all the cities proper that make up those population centers. In 10 minutes I probably got 76 or 77.

This is lot tougher than it looks. I've never been to Dallas, and there are a dickfuck ton of random shitty cities to account for in that area. Never even fucking heard of Garland, TX.

I wonder if it almost wouldn't be easier to score a higher percentage on this quiz by adding more cities to the mix. It's definitely way easier to name cities when you only have to pick off one or two in a single state.

[ChiefsCountry]

I could do metro areas, cities would be hard with all the suburbs that are actually big.

[Rain Man]

California was killing me. Chula Vista? I also had a challenge in the DFW area and Phoenix area. For some reason I didn't scroll up high enough to notice the Washington state cities, so I missed some obvious ones there.

[Simply Red]

Love geography stuff, brb

Oh I DO like your avatar!

[ThaVirus]

I missed about 50. Shit is tough with these large metro areas. California, Arizona, Texas and fucking North Carolina killed me.

I will say it helps immensely to have lived in the states you're filling in.

[ThaVirus]

Hialeah?!?

You've gotta be shitting me. Did anyone guess that one?

[RyanLeaf'sBoner]

Oh I DO like your avatar!

ikr, it's like the avocado has no shame whatsoever

[Rain Man]

Hialeah?!?

You've gotta be shitting me. Did anyone guess that one?

I tried everything I could think of. Daytona, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale (which may have worked), even Palm Beach. I would have never guessed Hialeah or even spelled it right if I did.

[Rain Man]

ikr, it's like the avocado has no shame whatsoever

That's worth your first thumbs up notification.

[ThaVirus]

I tried everything I could think of. Daytona, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale (which may have worked), even Palm Beach. I would have never guessed Hialeah or even spelled it right if I did.

I guessed Fort Lauderdale based on the proximity to Miami but that was a no go.

I was really pissed about that one. I aced every state I've lived in since my teenage years except Florida because of that place and I've never even heard of it.

[Rain Man]

I guessed Fort Lauderdale based on the proximity to Miami but that was a no go.

I was really pissed about that one. I aced every state I've lived in since my teenage years except Florida because of that place and I've never even heard of it.

Lauderdale didn't make it and Hialeah did? That is indeed surprising.

If I didn't live in Colorado, there's no way I would've known Aurora.

[Bearcat]

75.... I was cocky, thinking the map would make it really easy, but blanked on some of the cities in Texas and California. Aurora was bugging me, I guessed Fort Collins and Boulder, but didn't zoom in far enough to see it was actually within the Denver metro (but wouldn't have guessed it anyway).

[Rain Man]

75.... I was cocky, thinking the map would make it really easy, but blanked on some of the cities in Texas and California. Aurora was bugging me, I guessed Fort Collins and Boulder, but didn't zoom in far enough to see it was actually within the Denver metro (but wouldn't have guessed it anyway).

I didn't even think about zooming, but I don't think it would have helped me anyway, given the ones that I missed.

[chiefzilla1501]

10 cities in 100 minutes

[Bearcat]

I didn't even think about zooming, but I don't think it would have helped me anyway, given the ones that I missed.

I got a few by zooming... I've looked at LA and Phoenix enough on Google maps that once I zoomed in, it jogged my memory on a few. I left maybe 5 in Texas and they mostly seemed obvious once I finished (and hell, I even guessed Corpus Christi).

[Pilsner]

82/100.

I spent a good deal of time working in Texas last year, so clearing that state inflated my score. There are legitimately 4 or 5 cities on that list that I'm not sure I've ever heard of before in my life.

[Pilsner]

Also, I missed Cleveland, Ohio somehow.

[Buck]

69

[Bugeater]

10 cities in 100 minutes
Intensities in 10 cities.

[Simply Red]

not nearly as good as I'd have thought - 61

[scho63]

I did 84/100 but I played for 35 minutes.

I was getting so pissed at all the cities in CA and TX I couldn't name. Must have typed in 100 cities and all goose eggs! ROFL

I cleared 43 or 44 states.

I only got the two outside the continental US when I accidentally hit the (-) on the map.

[Pointer19]

Got 48. I think I need to travel more.

[displacedinMN]

based on population or grouped for Nielson ratings

[TLO]

I got 72, which is about how I expected I'd do.

[Ecto-I]

73. My upper limit would've been about 80 as there are like 20 on the list I never would have thought about.

[patteeu]

76. That was with quite a bit of guessing at some of the suburbs like grapevine and aurora.

[Rain Man]

76. That was with quite a bit of guessing at some of the suburbs like grapevine and aurora.

I wonder how the relative scoring would change if we were penalized for wrong guesses. At the end, I was just throwing out every California city I could think of that started with "San" or "Santa".

[ClevelandBronco]

79/100, and that was with me taking an extra 2 minutes beyond the 10 to really think about some of those metro areas and all the cities proper that make up those population centers. In 10 minutes I probably got 76 or 77.

This is lot tougher than it looks. I've never been to Dallas, and there are a dickfuck ton of random shitty cities to account for in that area. Never even fucking heard of Garland, TX.

I wonder if it almost wouldn't be easier to score a higher percentage on this quiz by adding more cities to the mix. It's definitely way easier to name cities when you only have to pick off one or two in a single state.

California was killing me. Chula Vista? I also had a challenge in the DFW area and Phoenix area. For some reason I didn't scroll up high enough to notice the Washington state cities, so I missed some obvious ones there.

I tried everything I could think of. Daytona, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale (which may have worked), even Palm Beach. I would have never guessed Hialeah or even spelled it right if I did.

Lauderdale didn't make it and Hialeah did? That is indeed surprising.

If I didn't live in Colorado, there's no way I would've known Aurora.

75.... I was cocky, thinking the map would make it really easy, but blanked on some of the cities in Texas and California. Aurora was bugging me, I guessed Fort Collins and Boulder, but didn't zoom in far enough to see it was actually within the Denver metro (but wouldn't have guessed it anyway).

I got a few by zooming... I've looked at LA and Phoenix enough on Google maps that once I zoomed in, it jogged my memory on a few. I left maybe 5 in Texas and they mostly seemed obvious once I finished (and hell, I even guessed Corpus Christi).

Also, I missed Cleveland, Ohio somehow.

76. That was with quite a bit of guessing at some of the suburbs like grapevine and aurora.

Those are the only ones I got. Thanks, guys.

[chefsos]

59. I knew Albuquerque but I knew I didn't want to waste time attempting over and over to spell it. I had to peek just to spell it here! There are maybe a dozen more I should have known, but the rest...nah, never would have guessed.

Boy, some sort of autofill would've helped there.

My list of shame:

MISSED!

#1 Louisville, KY (91.58%)
#21 Plano, TX (69.24%)
#41 San Bernardino, CA (69.69%)
#2 Portland, OR (95.93%)
#22 Henderson, NV (77.77%)
#3 Albuquerque, NM (92.55%)
#23 Chula Vista, CA (65.92%)

#4 Fresno, CA (86.29%)
#24 Fort Wayne, IN (80.32%)

#5 Long Beach, CA (81.12%)
#25 Chandler, AZ (63.99%)

#6 Mesa, AZ (80.95%)
#26 Laredo, TX (70.88%)

#7 Colorado Springs, CO (89.03%)
#27 Madison, WI (90.14%)

#8 Wichita, KS (86.93%)
#28 Lubbock, TX (76.55%)

#9 Arlington, TX (81.87%)
#29 Irvine, CA (69.08%)

#10 Honolulu, HI (76.63%)
#30 Winston-Salem, NC (72.54%)

#11 Aurora, CO (78.57%)
#31 Glendale, AZ (73.4%)
#12 Anaheim, CA (83.17%)
#32 Garland, TX (59.72%)
#13 Santa Ana, CA (70.41%)
#33 Hialeah, FL (68.33%)
#14 Riverside, CA (75%)
#34 Reno, NV (93.24%)
#15 Lexington, KY (84.91%)
#35 Chesapeake, VA (67.72%)
#16 Anchorage, AK (75.03%)
#36 Gilbert, AZ (60.49%)
#17 Stockton, CA (68.66%)
#37 Irving, TX (67.31%)
#18 Toledo, OH (84.41%)
#38 Scottsdale, AZ (75.22%)
#19 Greensboro, NC (77.6%)
#39 North Las Vegas, NV (80.09%)
#20 Newark, NJ (90.39%)
#40 Fremont, CA (60.75%)

[Pilsner]

I wonder how the relative scoring would change if we were penalized for wrong guesses.

My adjusted score would then be -20 or so.

At the end, I was just throwing out every California city I could think of that started with "San" or "Santa"


I was in disbelief that Virginia Beach was an actual city and not the makers of blenders and food processors. I had to go to Wikipedia after to make sure I wasn't just making it up when I threw it out there and it accepted it. I also broke the rules and took around 15 minutes, so I'm probably disqualified.

I went back and looked through the list again today. Here's the ones I've honestly never even heard of:


67 Henderson, NV (Maybe I have heard of this? Is there an Air Force Base there?)
74 Chula Vista, CA
76 Fort Wayne, IN
84 Chandler, AZ
90 North Las Vegas, NV (This felt shitty to miss this one. It's like discovering there's secretly an "East Chicago" that's actually the 87th largest incorporated city that no one ever fucking talks about. I even tried Paradise, NV because of a CGPGrey video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naDCCW5TSpU), but no dice.)
93 Gilbert, AZ
94 Hialeah, FL (I'm convinced they made this city up for the sake of the quiz.)

[Frosty]

67 Henderson, NV (Maybe I have heard of this? Is there an Air Force Base there?)

I only know where Henderson, NV is because I used to watch CSI back in the day. :)

[BWillie]

I bet Overland Park is in the top 250.

EDIT: Overland Park is the 128th largest city in the United States. You betta recognize.

[kccrow]

Ended up with 59... Brain really malfunctioned on the East Coast VA/WV etc area

[baitism]

73/100

Fuck suburbs in CA and around Dallas.

[BWillie]

83/100

Totally forgot Phildelphia. Almost forgot Memphis and San Antonio.

Missed:
6. Philly (that is what you get for throwing snowballs at Santa Clause, nobody cares about you)
10. San Jose
34. Fresno
36. Mesa
39. Long Beach
43. Virginia Beach
53. Bakersfield
54. Aurora
57. Santa Ana
70. Newark
72. Toledo
75. Irvine
76. Ft Wayne (I thought this city was 50k or so rofl)
86. Glendale
93. Gilbert, AZ
94. Hialeah, FL (never even heard of this one)
96. Fremont, CA

Arizona cities really messed with me. I feel like I did better on California than many midwesterners since I used to have a job that dealt with California almost exclusively. Don't know how I missed San Jose.

[Ming the Merciless]

on my little phone, barely able to type ...i only got 50 within 10 minutes ...although i wasted a lot of time trying to get all of california b4 moving on...

some of you guys are liars and cheats

8-)

[Hydrae]

I only got 55, pretty disappointed in myself. I did get interrupted by the pizza guy during the quiz though.

[retkim]

48/100, but considering I'm European and never even been to the States, it's okay. Got all 9/9 largest and 30/34 largest, Cali and North Carolina killed me.

Okay, so I knew a few more but the software was playing me, St Petersburg, Jersey City I thought was named New Jersey :P and also North Las Vegas lol...

[RealSNR]

We all need to be nicer to Hialeah. It's in the 100 largest cities in the US. What if somebody from Hialeah were reading all the things you guys were saying about it?

Oh, I'm sure they'd be laughing at your jokes, but on the inside, they'd be hurt. Definitely.

[Rain Man]

I only got 55, pretty disappointed in myself. I did get interrupted by the pizza guy during the quiz though.

How many did the pizza guy get?