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Can you name the most populous metro areas in the U.S.?
created by
davidr
Enter a metro area in the box below
Correctly named metro areas will show up below
Source:
U.S. Census Bureau
(2007 estimate)
For the majority of the metro areas, only the largest city is included.
updated august 2011
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U.S. Populous Metro Areas Quiz
by
davidr
Created Nov 21, 2008 in
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Featured Nov 21, 2008
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Robert_Lo
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:04 GMT
-21 points
I swear there was another game very similar to this one...can't quite remember which one it was though.
ElDavo
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:25 GMT
6 points
I can't tell if that was sarcasm or not, so I'll respond as if it wasn't. There was one that didn't include metro areas, us city limits. This one was a little different.
[Deleted]:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:31 GMT
21 points
I missed Riverside. I would have guessed the last one was Milwaukee or San Jose. I didn't even know Riverside was that big.
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ronnymexico
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:45 GMT
-7 points
DC and Baltimore are reversed from their actual locations. Good quiz otherwise.
MarkK
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:53 GMT
9 points
@smacaskill, San Jose is part of the SF Bay Area
swellwrench
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:55 GMT
5 points
actually it isn't, not on this list at least. It comes in 31st. Milwaukee isn't even all that close at #38.
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Matt8204:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:02 GMT
-8 points
27/30. Missed Seattle, Portland and Riverside. Never would have guessed them.
sammyhain2364:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:03 GMT
1 point
30/30. Took me awhile to get Riverside, Sacramento and Orlando but finally got them through trial and error. Nice quiz.
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Brian:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:09 GMT
-13 points
Pittsburgh and Philly are backward on the map.
baseballrocks
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:09 GMT
2 points
27/30. I came up with Portland as soon as time ran out. Missed Portland, San Antonio, and Riverside-San Bernardino.
chronosaurus
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:16 GMT
5 points
28 out of 30... missed Riverside like everyone else. And using sport franchises to get every other one made me miss Las Vegas.
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Robert_Lo
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:31 GMT
-33 points
Why was my original comment down-voted? The last population quiz (http://www.sporcle.com/games/uspopulouscities.php) was from quite a while ago. It's not like I was ridiculing Sporcle for making an identical quiz. My memory was foggy and I knew something was different about this quiz, but I couldn't tell what it was. A simple answer such as "This quiz was asking about the mtro areas" would have suffice. Not everyone lives in the USA. God some of you people are sheep.
Bees
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:49 GMT
14 points
Well, the title of the quiz is "U.S. Metro Areas"...
rahv
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 22:04 GMT
20 points
This quiz is much more difficult than the other one if you're not from the U.S. I would never have guessed Tampa, St. Louis, etc. And I didn't even know there was a Riverside.
It seems I've learned a lot about geography recently. and it's all thanks to sporcle :)
SirZapdos:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 22:19 GMT
7 points
29/30. Missed Riverside-San Bernardino. I'd never even heard of it before...
radish
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 22:29 GMT
7 points
Actually I think this is easier than the other one. I got 27, silly me missed DC (I feel dumb) and I thought "There must be an answer in Oregon..." and the answer never came. The only one I couldn't have guessed was Riverside-San Bernardino.
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Mr_T
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Nov 21st, 2008 at 23:09 GMT
-17 points
FINALLY. Thank you Sporcle! Now, how about deleting "US Populous Cities" so we can all forgive and forget? El Paso. Ha Ha!!
Vernon Gonsalves:
Nov 21st, 2008 at 23:11 GMT
7 points
Like everyone else, I only missed Riverside. I just plugged in all the cities with pro-sports teams.
nhrafan
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 00:55 GMT
17 points
29/30 (guess which one...) although i'm a little surprised indianapolis and charlotte aren't bigger
Kicking222
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 01:13 GMT
5 points
29... yeah, Riverside.
DirtyKash
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 02:01 GMT
23 points
We need a "Top 30 Most Populous Metro Areas of Canada" quiz. That would be epic.
Ally:
Nov 22nd, 2008 at 02:10 GMT
3 points
Good one.. missed Riverside and Orlando
deej
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 02:50 GMT
9 points
naming all the cities of MLB teams will get you 24/30. Sacramento, Portland and Las Vegas are AAA cities San Antonio has a AA team Riverside and Orlando are A-ball markets (probably too close to LA and tampa to ever have high-level baseball teams)
Chris968
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 03:16 GMT
6 points
24/30, I got stumped on a few easier ones like St. Louis, and like everyone else, missed Riverside. To be honest I've never even heard of that place!
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Robert_Lo
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 03:57 GMT
-28 points
lol @ Sporcle users. Some of you are worse than Youtube commenters.
HollywoodLeo
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 04:58 GMT
6 points
I was surprised to see Riverside pop up. I was stuck on the last two (never guessed Orlando...brain fart) But I randomly put in Riverside almost facetiously and was surprised to have gotten it.
er1c
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 08:31 GMT
-1 points
Nothing about Canada is epic.
AhLeah
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 09:18 GMT
21 points
ARE there 30 populous areas in Canada? ;)
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Mizzet
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 14:25 GMT
-15 points
Is it me or is San Antonio and Houston also switched on the map as well?
magister
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 14:34 GMT
16 points
@eric. Wrong. Snow is epic.
magister
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 14:36 GMT
11 points
Condensation Snow, not hip-hop/reggae performer Snow. "Informer yodonasidillydunda I go play, a licky boom boom down!"
LibrerÃa:
Nov 22nd, 2008 at 16:06 GMT
0 points
Would've gotten them all first try if I could spell Cincinnati or San Bernardino, because I tried (butchered versions of) both of those.
HollywoodLeo
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Nov 22nd, 2008 at 17:18 GMT
5 points
@Mizzet, if they were when you made that post it's since been fixed.
ScottyC
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Nov 23rd, 2008 at 03:30 GMT
29 points
I love how Alaska and Hawaii are included on the map. (Just in case.)
drhaase
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Nov 23rd, 2008 at 16:35 GMT
1 point
does Canada even have 30 metro areas....29/30...missed Riverside...i thought that was a part of LA
jaspa
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Nov 23rd, 2008 at 23:23 GMT
2 points
30/30 first try. To be fair, I have worked on projects using metro areas before, so that's how I knew Riverside-San Bernardino were separate from LA.
Mitchell:
Nov 24th, 2008 at 13:06 GMT
3 points
So much Canada ignorance.. Though I can't really say much since I only got 16 on this quiz. :S
Booger
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Nov 24th, 2008 at 14:47 GMT
3 points
Great quiz. One correction though. The star for Philadelphia is in the wrong place. It should be moved to the Southeast near the NJ border.
shel99
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Nov 24th, 2008 at 21:16 GMT
3 points
Missed Riverside like everyone else, and evidently I can't spell Cincinnati.
vamsi
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Nov 24th, 2008 at 21:23 GMT
3 points
30/30 :) I was one of the people lobbying for a metro area quiz when the city one came up (because cities like Atlanta and Miami weren't on it). I live in LA but am from Missouri so that helped with the obscures ones :)
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