Can you name the five biggest US cities...? by Psycho

Can you name the five biggest US cities...?

created by Psycho

Enter a city in the box below
Correctly named cities will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
Note: * A landlocked state is a state that does not border a major body of water, such as an ocean, sea, gulf or major lake.
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...with a name beginning with D

...that share the first letter with their states

...with a name of seven letters

...with no major league sports teams (NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL)

...with a name ending in N

...with a name originating from a Native American language

...that are in landlocked states*

...with a name ending in -ville

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Five biggest US cities II Quiz

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Created Apr 9, 2010 in Geography
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	zzyzx501:	Apr 9th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT		6 points
	Still fun...but I think the first one had more original ideas.

	papilgee4evaeva:	Apr 9th, 2010 at 23:01 GMT		6 points
	One minor quibble: Virginia's postal abbreviation is VA, not VI (Virgin Islands).

	Psycho:	Apr 9th, 2010 at 23:04 GMT		4 points
	Thanks, fixed that.

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	thedpr:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 00:56 GMT		16 points
	Fort Worth should count as having major sports teams, since it and Dallas are in the same metro area. You wouldn't say New York has no football team just because its teams play in New Jersey.

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	jenb:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 06:51 GMT		6 points
	I agree with XTOCb - landlocked means no ocean so far as I know. Otherwise we'd have to exclude every state - they all have some water source. Maybe re-word it somehow if you want to exclude the states on the great lakes, salt lake or whatever else might have excluded some larger cities.

	Apollo846:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 07:08 GMT		0 points
	I'm no poet, but I've understood alliteration to mean a group of words that began with the same consonant sound. If this is the case, then Oklahoma City wouldn't work because it's a vowel sounds (aka assonance), nor would Philadelphia because it's a different consonant sound.

	rk559:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 12:42 GMT		1 point
	Even with the asterisk, alliterative means what Apollo said.. OK and PA don't work. And I think you need to add ** to the 5th landlocked clue to get them all in one column? Overall another solid quiz.

	Psycho:	Apr 10th, 2010 at 15:21 GMT		5 points
	Made a few corrections, hope you're all happy now with the quiz.

	daHOOK:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 16:13 GMT		-1 points
	Of course, San Juan is listed in 2000 US Census data as the 20th largest city/metro area, and except for a few Expos games, would fit into several categories

	WCRoentgen:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 19:13 GMT		6 points
	@daHOOK: San Juan is not in the US, proper (which is just the 50 states and DC). Rather, it is in Puerto Rico, a self-governing unincorporated territory of the US. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that some, but not all, of the US Constitution applies to Puerto Ricans and further found Puerto Rico to be, "a territory appurtenant and belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States."

	feldman7:	Apr 11th, 2010 at 22:16 GMT		1 point
	Shouldn't Miami fall into the coming from a Native American language category?

	Psycho:	Apr 12th, 2010 at 05:30 GMT		1 point
	@feldman7: No, Kansas City is bigger than Miami.

	barterer2002:	Apr 15th, 2010 at 00:48 GMT		1 point
	I'd agree with the Fort Worth comment although the analogy to NY is not apt due to the Rangers and Knicks playing at MSG.

	danonwis:	Jul 9th, 2010 at 02:42 GMT		2 points
	Fort Worth should not count because the Cowboys and Rangers now both play in Tarrant County (the Rangers always have), which is the county that Fort worth is in while the Mavs and Stars play in the county (and city) of Dallas. The way the Chiefs and Royals play, you could argue that KC has no pro sports!

	singin185:	Jul 21st, 2010 at 03:42 GMT		0 points
	The Fort Worth v. New York argument is somewhat invalid, since the NY teams' title is New York Giants, New York Jets, etc. There aren't any teams with title beginning with Fort Worth. You could make a solid argument for the Texas Rangers, however.

	Dralcoffin:	Jan 22nd, 2012 at 15:38 GMT		1 point
	By 2010 Census numbers, Tucson is named for a Native American word, and is larger than Kansas City.

	sedriskell:	Jan 22nd, 2012 at 19:13 GMT		2 points
	Huntsville is larger than Knoxville, and Louisville larger than Nashville. If you're going by metro areas, then Jacksonville is smaller than Nashville.

	hcif:	Jan 23rd, 2012 at 00:31 GMT		2 points
	Fayetteville is larger than Huntsville and Knoxville.

	chriskotx:	Jan 23rd, 2012 at 12:16 GMT		2 points
	Both the Rangers and the Cowboys play in Tarrant (Ft Worth) County - not Dallas County. Ft Worth has major sports.