Can you name the larger US metropolitan area? by erikjc

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Which Metro is Larger? Quiz

by erikjc

Created Mar 4, 2010 in Geography
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	Joshdent:	Mar 4th, 2010 at 20:12 GMT		4 points
	I think the title should be changed to Name the larger metropolitan area. I missed the fine print in the directions.

	Jordan117:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 03:17 GMT		41 points
	You might want to change the format of this to the new progressive style. The way it is now kills the stats at the end.

	erikjc:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 03:44 GMT		2 points
	Funny, I originally made a quiz like that and people said it would be better this way.

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	pzummo:	Mar 8th, 2010 at 20:18 GMT		7 points
	erant: Metro area is different than the population of the city (and Phoenix is nowhere close to 6 million - it barely tops a million I think). I don't know what the population of metro Phoenix is, but metro DC (the city and surrounding suburbs) is over 4 million.

	juusosieni:	Mar 9th, 2010 at 13:17 GMT		9 points
	I typed "Game over" in the beginning and got all the answers correct in two seconds.. I don't think this kind of quiz will work with any system.

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	erikjc:	Mar 12th, 2010 at 01:59 GMT		15 points
	Why would you vote it down because it's all US cities? I think it's easier for people who know American cities so they can compare better. If you don't know American cities well, take another quiz.

	KoopaIggy:	Mar 13th, 2010 at 21:12 GMT		6 points
	how many levels are there?

	corndog:	Mar 15th, 2010 at 00:18 GMT		11 points
	Well that wasn't very fun.

	WorldWhiz:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 20:35 GMT		3 points
	@Jordan117: It's really just a trade-off. If you want the results saved, you should use the new format. But if you want the game to end after you guess wrong, you need to use the bonus-answer style.

	when_flies_pig:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 21:46 GMT		4 points
	@erikjc: Please let me know how to make quizzes where typing an incorrect answer yields a GAME OVER (such as San Francisco or Denver in this case)... It would be much appreciated.

	danielar:	Apr 26th, 2010 at 23:38 GMT		0 points
	for the record, the dc metro population is a fair bit larger, at 5.3 million (phoenix = 4.3 million). also, being canadian, i was somewhat annoyed that the quiz only dealt with us cities when the title did not say so.

	WorldWhiz:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 00:39 GMT		2 points
	@when_flies_pig: You need to make each question a bonus answer (put "ee" in the third column) that is triggered by the correct answer to the previous question. The "GAME OVER" is triggered by a wrong answer (e.g. "GAME OVER/San Francisco).

	Penny:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 16:34 GMT		1 point
	Interesting factually, but kind of irritating to play, though maybe fun for people who like to beat their own score and don't mind having to type in the same answers over and over to do that. Is there no way to allow only one attempt at an answer for each question but to let people play the whole game?

	ClintT13:	Apr 27th, 2010 at 17:06 GMT		4 points
	There are 15 levels, for those who asked.

	GeoFan1:	Jul 30th, 2010 at 15:20 GMT		6 points
	Just for the record, in reality the El Paso metro area is much larger than the Dayton metro area. The U.S. Census Bureau's definition of metro areas end at international borders, so the metro areas of places such as Detroit, San Diego, and El Paso appear lower than they actually area, in some cases much lower. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, El Paso's metro area population is 751,296. However, Ciudad Juárez sits across the border, and that city alone has 1.4 million people. The entire El Paso-Ciudad Juárez metro area has 2.4 million people.

	bruten:	Oct 16th, 2010 at 19:57 GMT		1 point
	this quiz is a brilliant idea. Who cares if people like Juusosieni cheat. It does need some different countries in it but overall very good

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	ncr1119:	Oct 17th, 2010 at 07:13 GMT		6 points
	I don't know if anyone agrees with me, but I hate quizzes like this where you have to start over once you get one question wrong. It's just annoying to have to constantly start over if you want to finish the quiz.

	danandsteph:	Oct 17th, 2010 at 14:55 GMT		1 point
	Dang. Took me 5 tries. Missed Buffalo-Albany, Baltimore-Cleveland, Riverside-San Diego, and Dayton-El Paso each once.

	JoSpiv:	Oct 17th, 2010 at 22:53 GMT		2 points
	Very good idea, but I agree. Make it so each answer gets charted.

	altosax29b:	Oct 17th, 2010 at 23:21 GMT		1 point
	Everyone's a winner!

	JakktheRippa:	Oct 18th, 2010 at 14:46 GMT		1 point
	@WorldWhiz I also would very much like to know how to do this but I cannot understand your instructions at all. Can you (or anyone else reading this who understands) explain in more basic terms how you make wrong answers force users to start again from the top. Thanks.

	TheLuggage:	Oct 18th, 2010 at 22:24 GMT		2 points
	You don't have to start from the beginning. just click retake quiz. the Start. the type in the correct answer from the last question you got wrong and it will jump to where you left off.

	midlifecrisis:	Oct 19th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT		1 point
	I've never been able to get the EE bonus answers to work on any quiz, so I guess I can't get this progressive format to work either. Ugh.

	gwukelic:	Oct 23rd, 2010 at 06:06 GMT		1 point
	How do you do that format or secret answers like that?

	dragster09:	Oct 24th, 2010 at 00:17 GMT		3 points
	did I win? it said game over

	JaredCC:	Oct 24th, 2010 at 23:01 GMT		1 point
	Took five tries and finally reached the end. Good game

	lprmesia:	Apr 8th, 2012 at 10:03 GMT		1 point
	It'd be nice to have an updated version since a few of the answers have changed (ie. Greenville < Colorado Springs, Honolulu > Fresno)