25 Most Global Cities Quiz

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25 Most Global Cities Quiz

by ovin

Created Sep 28, 2010 in Geography
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	sporclover:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 14:48 GMT	10 points
	what is your source/basis for this choice of "important" cities?

	ovin:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 15:13 GMT	5 points
	a unreleased study using data from GaWC, GlobalCitiesIndex, and GDP rankings based on Political Power, Economic Influence (Number of Global 500 companies, number of billionares etc) and Cultural Influence,

	AlexKidd:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 15:18 GMT	2 points
	Shouldn't Calcutta be accepted for Kolkata?

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	PatrickH:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:00 GMT	13 points
	Erm, wouldn't that be Bethlehem?

	mmuller86:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:23 GMT	6 points
	Hard to believe that Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus is on this list, yet a city like for example Rotterdam, which is the largest harbour of Europe, or Antwerp and Marseille, for that matter, aren't on it at all. When will this study be publicated?

	techwork:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:24 GMT	1 point
	Good quiz!

	RuBarb:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:24 GMT	5 points
	was going to try this but basically with no link all it is doing is guessing major cities.

	AlexRandom:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:53 GMT	2 points
	You should include a brief description of the criteria for the ranking, and if possible a link to the source. Otherwise, good quiz, though with some inevitable surprises in the selection (Jerusalem? Baghdad? Marseille? Ankara?)

	zifyoip:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 16:57 GMT	2 points
	You should uncheck the box for "Accept last word only in answers", unless you intend "Janeiro" to be acceptable for Rio de Janeiro and "Kong" to be acceptable for Hong Kong.

	Triffid:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 17:29 GMT	-1 points
	Would also have expected to see Vatican City on the list.

	Glorfino:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT	2 points
	Is there a source here an order, anything?

	VTEMT82:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 21:05 GMT	3 points
	i don't get it.

	flixuk:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 22:18 GMT	4 points
	you need to link your source!

	chriskotx:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 22:22 GMT	1 point
	I cant see how Jerusalem (place of Jesus' death, Xiscokid9) and Baghdad could possibly rank below places like Sofia, Nicosia, Kuwait City, Luxembourg and Minneapolis.

	flixuk:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 22:25 GMT	11 points
	where is The Hague?! Location of the International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, and all government and embassies in the Netherlands?

	sportsguyluke:	Sep 28th, 2010 at 23:40 GMT	2 points
	source?

	raiders:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 00:57 GMT	3 points
	I can't rate this quiz without a source, although I like the idea

	cuendillar:	Sep 29th, 2010 at 09:04 GMT	10 points
	A 2000 year old event, that may or may not have taken place, certainly isn't enough in itself for inclusion. However, I still thought Jerusalem would make it on merit of being a holy city for three major religions.

	merleyda:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 04:11 GMT	2 points
	Would minneapolis really belong without st paul? they really are kinda hand in hand (aka "twin cities" or "MSP" or "st paul-minneapolis" acceptance)

	regancannon:	Oct 2nd, 2010 at 10:32 GMT	4 points
	This eventually broke down into a game of "type all the big cities you know", as importance has not been given to cities like Jerusalem, Mecca, The Hague, Strasburg, Kyoto, etc. which all have major historical or political significance that continues to dramatically affect human behavior today. I also had a hard time ranking Nicosia above Mecca in world importance, but I guess billionaires don't flock to Mecca quite like they do to Cyprus. Sucks for Islam.

	markyb:	Oct 3rd, 2010 at 02:06 GMT	-1 points
	Some glaring omissions here. Jerusalem, holy city of Jews, Muslims and Christians. Vatican City, home of one of the most influential religious leaders in the world. Pyongyang, capital of a nuclear North Korea who has the astute attention of most of the West. Delhi is one of the largest cities in the world. The Hague, location of the "International Court of Justice." I'd like to know what criteria the author uses to consider a city's importance.

Geo_Crazy:

Oct 3rd, 2010 at 04:23 GMT

3 points

What is "important"? Government, economics, religion, culture, history, population...?

	chrispaz:	Oct 5th, 2010 at 13:53 GMT	2 points
	Ovin, I guess you've realised by the comments that this quiz isn't really going to get the respectability you'd like it to without a link to the source. It's a good idea, don't get me wrong, but a quiz like this on Sporcle without a tangible and credible source is never going to work out well.

	taz:	Oct 6th, 2010 at 17:21 GMT	1 point
	how come birmingham, UK isn't as important as somfink like the hague. BIRMINGHAM IS THE CENTRE OF ENGLAND M8