Can you name the most populous metro areas in the world for each letter (metro area)?

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World Metros (A-Z) Quiz

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Created by: GeoExpert -
Published: July 21st, 2009
Category: Geography
Plays: 116,286

Tags: Letter Quizzes, World Quizzes, Population Quizzes, City Quizzes, populous, area, a-z, metro, retro

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	DirtyKash:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:49 GMT	29 points
	Uhm... yeah. Relax, China. Relax.

	Ecliptica:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:53 GMT	13 points
	Was really surprised the 'Q' wasn't 'Quito'. Then searched Wikipedia and realized how far off it is. Same with Addis Ababa, thought there were way more than 2.5 million there.

	Bartleby:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:54 GMT	15 points
	no one can get all of these answers on the first try (not even a geography expert from china)

	springmom:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:54 GMT	6 points
	The Calcutta answer isn't really fair - India has changed the spelling, just like they did with Bombay - Mumbai. Calcutta doesn't exist anymore - it's Kolkata. If Sporcle is going to use the correct names in other geography quizzes, then it really needs to be consistent. Other than that, I like this quiz.

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	Veni_Vidi_Vidic:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	8 points
	A good idea for a quiz but an awful source. The numbers are way, way out and Calcutta hasn't existed since 2001.

	NoVan:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:56 GMT	-4 points
	I agree with springmom.

	Veni_Vidi_Vidic:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:57 GMT	7 points
	No, Calcutta WAS the English spelling of it until 2001. Now it is Kolkata.

	hkvu:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 04:59 GMT	8 points
	agree with veni_vidi_vidic and springmom. Kolkata is the official name of the city.

	SporcleAdmin:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:04 GMT	14 points
	Re: Calcutta - agreed, we have changed the answer for the C city.

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	Gordo:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:08 GMT	18 points
	@zalagreensbury - it's listing the metro area for NYC, which would include parts of New Jersey, Connecticut, and parts of Long Island and areas in New York state north of the city. It's not listing the population of the state.

	springmom:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:11 GMT	6 points
	Oh, I didn't think about that...some metro areas do go outside of state lines, like Philadelphia.

	GeoExpert:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	5 points
	@SporcleAdmin: Add Egypt to Cairo, and make Kolkata, India the K answer (with Calcutta as an alternate answer).

	JoeFish:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	9 points
	So many people living in these cities, and I've never heard of them. I'm a little ashamed; kind of makes me want to become a better citizen of the world...

	JGA:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:14 GMT	6 points
	The New York metro area is larger than you think, and in fact includes areas that are not in NY state at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_metropolitan_area

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	radiosilence:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:19 GMT	2 points
	Lucky for me, KC had a visit from Xi'an sister city reps two weeks ago.

	nhrafan:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:28 GMT	8 points
	Honestly, the whole renaming of Indian cities was silly in the first place. I have several Indian friends who say that practically everyone there still calls them by their old names (and same with Rangoon, to my understanding).

	fatbeard:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 05:36 GMT	10 points
	@zalagreensbury, as a commuter to NYC everyday, I know a number of people who come from New Jersey and even Connecticut (Danbury and Bridgeport specifically). I admit that it doesn't seem like they're part of the metro area, but they do play a large role for the city, so i don't know

	ChipTaco:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:02 GMT	10 points
	Per the official census bureau's definition of the NYC CBSA, parts of NJ and CT are absolutely in the NYC metro area.

	adal:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:31 GMT	5 points
	Weird, I couldn't think of ANY V cities, let alone big ones. Everytime I tried all I came up with was Vanuatu, which isn't even a city.

	groug:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:32 GMT	2 points
	I'm stunned I didn't get Kolkata. Great quiz though.

	Haunter:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:33 GMT	25 points
	Mexico City, Munich, Milan, Mumbai, Madrid, Moscow, Marseille...a lot of these M cities could have won any other letter.

	Keonyn:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:44 GMT	0 points
	Same boat adal, only one for V I could come up with was Venice.

	vyllym:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:56 GMT	10 points
	What about Vancouver or Vienna? Both of those surprised me that they weren't on there.

	Chumley:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 06:58 GMT	3 points
	I agree with Haunter. Most of the big cities I could think of started with M.

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	quest:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 07:21 GMT	5 points
	vadodara and varanasi in india both have over 3 million people

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	Kaenif:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 07:55 GMT	15 points
	Being a Chinese, I swore when I missed all the Chinese Cities except Hong Kong.

	plixgirl:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 08:16 GMT	1 point
	interesting quiz.

	MRD:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 08:18 GMT	7 points
	It's hard to know the exact population of a metro area since they don't have a set border like a city - which means it's hard to get an accurate source for all the metro areas in the world. I prefer quizzes that use metro population but can see how using city population is much easier and black and white.

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	WCRoentgen:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 11:00 GMT	2 points
	Guangzhou has 6 million and urban area of 8.5, should be answer for "G". Vancouver has metro area of 2.1 million (vs. 1.1 for Valencia (according to E.U. data), and should be answer to "V".