Can you name the most populous metro areas in the U.S.?

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U.S. Populous Metro Areas Quiz

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Created by: davidr -
Published: November 21st, 2008
Category: Geography
Plays: 172,526

Tags: Population Quizzes, rank, populous, area, metro

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	ElDavo:	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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	MarkK:	Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:53 GMT	10 points
	@smacaskill, San Jose is part of the SF Bay Area

	swellwrench:	Nov 21st, 2008 at 20:55 GMT	4 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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	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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	baseballrocks:	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:	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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	Bees:	Nov 21st, 2008 at 21:49 GMT	14 points
	Well, the title of the quiz is "U.S. Metro Areas"...

	rahv:	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:	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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	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:	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:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 01:13 GMT	5 points
	29... yeah, Riverside.

	DirtyKash:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 02:01 GMT	22 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:	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:	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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	HollywoodLeo:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 04:58 GMT	7 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:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 08:31 GMT	1 point
	Nothing about Canada is epic.

	AhLeah:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 09:18 GMT	21 points
	ARE there 30 populous areas in Canada? ;)

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	magister:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 14:34 GMT	16 points
	@eric. Wrong. Snow is epic.

	magister:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 14:36 GMT	10 points
	Condensation Snow, not hip-hop/reggae performer Snow. "Informer yodonasidillydunda I go play, a licky boom boom down!"

	Librería:	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:	Nov 22nd, 2008 at 17:18 GMT	5 points
	@Mizzet, if they were when you made that post it's since been fixed.

	ScottyC:	Nov 23rd, 2008 at 03:30 GMT	29 points
	I love how Alaska and Hawaii are included on the map. (Just in case.)

	drhaase:	Nov 23rd, 2008 at 16:35 GMT	2 points
	does Canada even have 30 metro areas....29/30...missed Riverside...i thought that was a part of LA

	jaspa:	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:	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:	Nov 24th, 2008 at 21:16 GMT	2 points
	Missed Riverside like everyone else, and evidently I can't spell Cincinnati.

	vamsi:	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 :)