Can you name the most populous cities from A to Z (U.S.)?

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U.S. Populous Cities A-Z Quiz

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Published: June 28th, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 139,668

Tags: Letter Quizzes, Population Quizzes, City Quizzes, populous, a-z

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	ironsij0287:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:29 GMT	62 points
	I created this a few months ago and couldn't remember 7 of them! Hopefully you guys enjoy this one.

	Lycan_Amyral:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT	25 points
	This was a lot harder than I thought it'd be. Nice job.

	CraigR:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:32 GMT	2 points
	no atlanta? and no miami? cool quiz

	the_luggage:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	60 points
	Great idea, I'd love a world wide version

	White:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	2 points
	I wanted it to be a world one too since I'm not American and so I'm amazed I got 4.

	imprettygood:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:46 GMT	-3 points
	not surprised i missed the z one good quiz though 14/26

	ted:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:48 GMT	17 points
	I was shocked that Zanesville wasn't the Z entry.

	newenglander:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 15:50 GMT	6 points
	@ironsij0287-how do you get to create quizzes?

	melissa:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:02 GMT	6 points
	Great quiz -- the "most populous cities" for the U.S. and for various states helped a bit, but not entirely. Was stumped on S for the longest time -- tried at least half a dozen cities in CA and WA until I thought to move off the west coast. Very informative!

	acroarcs:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:03 GMT	9 points
	My turn to miss out on the place I live. Thanks a lot, letter W.

	Skydog:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:08 GMT	4 points
	Never heard of Zion and i reside in IL lol.

	JohnJF:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:15 GMT	17 points
	Xenia is best known for having the Burger King where an employee was caught taking a bath in the dish washer. Glendale hosted a Super Bowl two years ago and hosts home games for the Arizona Cardinals and Phoenix Coyotes. Xenia has about twice as many who got it correct. Fascinating.

	phw:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:18 GMT	7 points
	@ted I checked the source. Zanesville lost by 13 people. A year ago Zanesville wins by 604.

	Kiribati:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:21 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz, but will blame my low score on not being American! World or Europe version next please.

marpocky:

Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:28 GMT

9 points

I remember looking into the answers for a world version of this, and it's not clear in every case. Varying definitions of city population, sketchiness of information, etc. made it not as definitive as a US one.

letter	City	Population
A		790,390
B		636,919
C		2,695,598
D		2,412,827
E		649,121
F		741,206
G		191,719
H		2,099,451
I		781,870
J		821,784
K		459,787
L		3,792,621
M		646,889

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	RodBeck:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 16:54 GMT	6 points
	fun quiz! another minute or two may have helped but it also may have frustrated me more.

	beatrixkiddo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:10 GMT	-4 points
	sporcle geogrraphy quiz tips #2: always ready the question. on this occasion entering mexico city, paris, london, beijing, moscow or tokyo is time wasted.

	Jon:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:18 GMT	6 points
	great quiz - surprised about atlanta - always good to learn something new! philly used to have the 4th highest pop - great example of western migration (and perhaps city annexation)

	RC_Cola:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:18 GMT	11 points
	Great quiz. Very difficult. I totally guessed on Z. And apparently, don't mess with Texas.

	bmo1616:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	26 points
	Shocked Baltimore was over Boston for B

	drn211:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	3 points
	@John2 Check out the faq section (link at the bottom of the page) to answer that question. You can also submit ideas through the feedback section

	Poteman:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:24 GMT	9 points
	I thought ft worth would've counted for fort worth. good quiz though

	1447:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:28 GMT	16 points
	Zion, the last human city on Earth?

	tikkamurph:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:47 GMT	2 points
	great quiz!

	Supernuke:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 17:57 GMT	13 points
	kept typing Philadelphia and wondered why it didn't work lol. Had no idea Phoenix was bigger.

	jaymc:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:03 GMT	9 points
	IIRC, Phoenix just passed Philadelphia a year or two ago.

	zalagreensbury:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:03 GMT	30 points
	Just when you think Sporcle's run the gamut on everything geography they pull quizzes like this and everything feels new again. Really liked it.

	Tank:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	12 points
	At first it felt like I was taking the 'Most Populous Cities of Texas Quiz'

	sammyhain2364:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:15 GMT	2 points
	Not too upset that I missed Q, U & Z. Can't believe I missed F and should have came up with G. Thanks to the movie 'Gummo' I was able to get X.

	JoeyV:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:20 GMT	-2 points
	@ supernuke...i believe phoenix passed philly like 2 or 3 years ago

	jmarshallg:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:25 GMT	-4 points
	Only real upset about missing G and T. Clearly I'll never live in AZ.

	Morbo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:39 GMT	6 points
	@JohnJF: Xenia is also famous for getting blasted by a massive tornado back in 1974.

	Morbo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:40 GMT	2 points
	This quiz was fun, but a couple more minutes on the clock would have been nice.

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	thegrimreaper:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:45 GMT	4 points
	lol thank you morpheus for the help you gave me on this quiz...ZION!

	peanut4:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:49 GMT	9 points
	Brilliant. Absolutely love this and I'll certainly vote for similar quizes to this for other countries or continents.

	fatbeard:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 18:54 GMT	5 points
	A lot of fun and some very suprising answers, but a minute or two more would be much appreciated

	IHateRegistering:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:49 GMT	0 points
	@pr: Thats what happens when you name a city the same name as the state you are in.