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Can you name the most populous cities from A to Z (U.S.)? Enter a city in the box below Correctly named cities will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order City only (not metro) as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau (2007) Special thanks to Sporcle User: ironsij0287 You have 6 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 6034 Broadway Opening Lines 3940 TV Shows (U.S.) 3897 You Do Know Jack 1637 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1601 Same Last Name 1323 And more...
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letter	City	Population
A		743,074
B		640,150
C		2,836,658
D		1,266,372
E		606,913
F		681,818
G		253,152
H		2,208,180
I		795,458
J		805,605
K		475,830
L		3,834,340
M		674,028

letter	City	Population
N		8,310,212
O		547,274
P		1,552,259
Q		91,622
R		375,806
S		1,328,984
T		525,529
U		72,464
V		434,743
W		588,292
X		23,656
Y		199,244
Z		25,129

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	ironsij0287:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:29 GMT	50 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 19:32 GMT	23 points
	This was a lot harder than I thought it'd be. Nice job.

	Craig R:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:32 GMT	2 points
	no atlanta? and no miami? cool quiz

	theluggage:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:42 GMT	54 points
	Great idea, I'd love a world wide version

	White:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:42 GMT	3 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 19:46 GMT	-1 points
	not surprised i missed the z one good quiz though 14/26

	ted:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:48 GMT	13 points
	I was shocked that Zanesville wasn't the Z entry.

	newenglander:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 19:50 GMT	5 points
	@ironsij0287-how do you get to create quizzes?

	melissa:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:02 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 20:03 GMT	7 points
	My turn to miss out on the place I live. Thanks a lot, letter W.

	Skydog:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT	3 points
	Never heard of Zion and i reside in IL lol.

	JohnJF:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT	12 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 20:18 GMT	6 points
	@ted I checked the source. Zanesville lost by 13 people. A year ago Zanesville wins by 604.

	Kiribati:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:21 GMT	3 points
	Good quiz, but will blame my low score on not being American! World or Europe version next please.

	marpocky:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:28 GMT	7 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.

	BentKangaroo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:33 GMT	6 points
	I kept trying to think of words/names that began with X. Xavier, Xavis, etc. with no luck. And then came head-slapping time. My own cat's name is Xenia and I missed it!

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	RodBeck:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	4 points
	fun quiz! another minute or two may have helped but it also may have frustrated me more.

	beatrixkiddo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:10 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 21:18 GMT	5 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 21:18 GMT	9 points
	Great quiz. Very difficult. I totally guessed on Z. And apparently, don't mess with Texas.

	bmo1616:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:23 GMT	20 points
	Shocked Baltimore was over Boston for B

	drn211:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:23 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 21:24 GMT	6 points
	I thought ft worth would've counted for fort worth. good quiz though

	1447:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:28 GMT	13 points
	Zion, the last human city on Earth?

	tikkamurph:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:47 GMT	3 points
	great quiz!

	Supernuke:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 21:57 GMT	11 points
	kept typing Philadelphia and wondered why it didn't work lol. Had no idea Phoenix was bigger.

	jaymc:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:03 GMT	7 points
	IIRC, Phoenix just passed Philadelphia a year or two ago.

	zalagreensbury:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:03 GMT	26 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 22:04 GMT	11 points
	At first it felt like I was taking the 'Most Populous Cities of Texas Quiz'

	sammyhain2364:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:15 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 22:20 GMT	-2 points
	@ supernuke...i believe phoenix passed philly like 2 or 3 years ago

	jmarshallg:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:25 GMT	-4 points
	Only real upset about missing G and T. Clearly I'll never live in AZ.

	Morbo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:39 GMT	5 points
	@JohnJF: Xenia is also famous for getting blasted by a massive tornado back in 1974.

	Morbo:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:40 GMT	1 point
	This quiz was fun, but a couple more minutes on the clock would have been nice.

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	alex:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:45 GMT	4 points
	lol thank you morpheus for the help you gave me on this quiz...ZION!

	peanut4:	Jun 28th, 2009 at 22:49 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 22:54 GMT	4 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 23:49 GMT	0 points
	@pr: Thats what happens when you name a city the same name as the state you are in.