Can you name the Illinois cities better known elsewhere? by emily_stork

Illinois pop - county	City	Better Known pop - location
895 - Whiteside		93,539 - New York
1726 - Menard		745,514 - Greece
1649 - McLean		537,958 - Georgia
676 - St. Clair		2,486,235 - New York (borough)
491 - Sangamon		270,240 - New York
27,902 - Cook		107,921 - California
3632 - Alexander		6,758,581 - Egypt
21,039 - Coles		124,593 - South Carolina
253 - Henry		433,748 - Ohio
2695 - Woodford		620,447 - Texas
19,515 - Kane		185,958 - Switzerland
3577 - Mason		2,141,993 - Cuba
18,940 - Morgan		813,518 - Florida
6071 - Will		1,629,054 - New York (borough)
4655 - LaSalle		1,420,000 - France

Illinois pop - county	City	Better Known pop - location
5257 - Rock Island		1,310,000 - Italy
3147 - Washington		626,144 - Tennessee
18,307 - LaSalle		812,129 - Canada
9077 - Edgar		11,836,970 - France
2157 - Cook		1,601,587 - Arizona
8895 - Cook		300,430 - California
1858 - Logan		964,695 - California
4486 - Randolph		18,184 - Greece
1166 - Cumberland		316,851 - Ohio
2610 - Clinton		82,883 - New Jersey
2528 - Madison		270,660 - Italy
1234 - Johnson		1,698,822 - Austria
1793 - Hancock		1,711,466 - Poland
7614 - Monroe		29,315 - Belgium

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Illinois cities better known elsewhere Quiz

by emily_stork

Created Sep 8, 2010 in Geography
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	rockhopperlad:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 02:51 GMT	3 points
	For Nashville and Sparta, you may want to change the county to "eponymous", otherwise it gives it away. Also, Havana (both in Cuba and in Illinois) is spelled with only one "N". Otherwise, a very clever and fun quiz.

	otis89:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 02:53 GMT	2 points
	There is no Sparta County or Nashville County in Illinois. Sparta is in Randolph County. Nashville is in Washington County. Also, what about Ottawa, Vienna, and San Jose?

	emily_stork:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 04:07 GMT	1 point
	Thanks for the comments! Rockhopperlad - I just caught the Sparta and Nashville typos myself and edited the quiz. otis89 - those are great suggestions and I am surprized I didn't think of them myself (well, except San Jose which I didn't know... hmmm - maybe I'll edit the quiz again and add these...)

	sportsrefuge:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 11:23 GMT	2 points
	Manhattan isn't a city. At least in New York.

	GeoExpert:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 12:23 GMT	1 point
	No Metropolis?

	jaehak:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 12:48 GMT	1 point
	you're missing Detroit and Jacksonville.

	emily_stork:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 13:10 GMT	1 point
	sportsrefuge - point taken - and by the same token, I suppose Brooklyn fails to qualify as well. I am undecided as to whether to remove these two from my game or to change the "City" heading to "City/Bourough." GeoExport - hehe - Metropolis is a great example of a city better known elsewhere but unfortunately I am not sure what the population and state are for Superman's Metropolis. :-) jaehak - you must be from the Pike County area. I actually thought about Detroit but compiled the list based on my scanning of all Illinois towns listed in the index of the Official State Highway Map and I see now that it excludes those smaller than 225. Looks like I also missed Florence and Naples in that area for the same reason. And regarding Jacksonville - I must be too much a central Illinois native because when I saw that name in my scanning of the list, I only thought "Jacksonville, IL" but of course Florida's is better known to most people! Thanks everyone for playing and for the comments! This is only the second quiz I've made and apparently I should have worked out more bugs first!

	kasejason:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 23:05 GMT	2 points
	'Twas a fun quiz! As a potential addition, what about Riverside in Cook County? Riverside, California has over 300,000 people. There is also a Phoenix in Cook County and a Geneva in Kane County.

	emily_stork:	Sep 10th, 2010 at 14:44 GMT	1 point
	Thanks, kasejason! And thanks for the suggestions! Looks like I shouldn't have been multi-tasking while scanning the list of Illinois towns - can't believe I missed Phoenix (never heard of it but it is a great one)! The quiz is now updated again. I love this interactivity which helps me to improve my game. The only thing I don't like is the fact that it skews the results as far fewer people will have gotten correct the ones that didn't exist yet when they took it.

	BristolPalin2020:	Feb 25th, 2011 at 20:02 GMT	1 point
	accept Marseille please!! actually i don't care

	weirdopants:	Mar 7th, 2011 at 21:12 GMT	1 point
	Love it. We've got a Newark in Illinois, too.

	OldZephyr:	Mar 13th, 2011 at 05:55 GMT	1 point
	Creative game! Thank you!

	ras0723:	Mar 14th, 2011 at 04:19 GMT	1 point
	how about Woodstock (mchenry county)? even though the population is more than the one in new york, i'd say the one in NY is better known...

	SomeoneRandom:	Aug 18th, 2011 at 20:36 GMT	1 point
	Unlike someone else here, I do care about Marseille. Please accept it without the 's' at the end.

	ScrambledEgghead:	Feb 5th, 2012 at 02:50 GMT	1 point
	And Utica? And probably the Chicken Bristle in Kentucky is more well-know than Chicken Bristle, IL.

	dlaukhuf:	Feb 21st, 2012 at 16:13 GMT	1 point
	Atlanta is actually in Logan county, not McLean.