City Quiz.io

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Does it accept...

Fucking, Austria?

He needs to update the town's name. It changed to Fugging in January 2021.

FTFY.

Condom, France?
Intercourse, Pennsylvania?
Dildo, Canada?

Yes, yes and no.

[JayhawkCO]

I did one for Canada, since it is where I live.
Here are my results: https://iafisher.com/projects/cities/canada/share/265653

I decided to do a Canada one too.  Not too bad.  Weird that I know more cities in the Yukon, NWT, and Nunavut than I know cities around Toronto.

iafisher.com/projects/cities/canada/share/396982



Chris

[CNGL-Leudimin]

He needs to update the quiz with the 2020 Census data. It still doesn't accept Jurupa Valley, for example.

When I played it, it accepted Tucker, GA, incorporated in 2015.

Because Tucker was a CDP before incorporation, while Jurupa Valley wasn't. Instead, one has to input the CDPs from which Jurupa Valley was formed (Glen Avon, Mira Loma, Pedley, Rubidoux and Sunnyslope).

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Okay, the game has been updated to the 2020 census results. Two side effects of this is any places incorporated since 2010 that weren't previously a CDP are now accepted (e.g. Jurupa Valley), and I can no longer name any places with just 1 reported person, the lowest being 2 which is again a tie (the well-known Monowi NE, which still has only one permanent resident; and Topock AZ).

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Bumping this thread again because a while ago the creator added another stat, Rarest cities (i.e. those the least guessed). So far the least guessed populated place in the USA I've been able to come up with is Cañada de los Alamos, New Mexico, guessed only in 0.01% of the games (this excludes recently added places such as Jurupa Valley, California), but back in Europe I'm easily able to go down to 0.000% , and not just in Spain. Most notably Coccau di Sopra at the Northeastern corner of Italy, which tops the ranking whenever I run through that country, and is even less guessed than my top least guessed French place, Asasp-Arros (through where I've passed several times).

[CNGL-Leudimin]

The site has had a Reddit group for a few months now: https://www.reddit.com/r/iafisher/. The creator posts weekly challenges every Monday, which I do in the World map. First I check which ones of the 10 places of my two groups, the "example towns" (consisting of Ariza, Spain; Aschersleben, Germany; Belvidere, Illinois, USA; Isernia, Italy and Rombas, France) and the "Sunray Union" (Huesca, Spain -glad my hometown is in -; North Adams, Massachusetts, USA; and Dombasle sur Meurthe, Saffre and Wingen sur Moder all in France), fit the criterion chosen for the week, then fill the map with other places I know. So far every one has appeared at least once, and there have been weeks in which none has qualified (like this week, as none of them are on a coast) while a few other times three of them have qualified (like the week in which the creator asked for three of the same letter).

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Bumping this again because the game now has a Discord server as well, which I've dutifully joined. People are already getting surprised at how many places I can name from memory. I've already posted a run with 1000+ French places, and I plan to do others. They also have weekly challenges separate from those of Reddit, I already used one of the towns from the last post for this week's as it qualified.

[paulthemapguy]

Tangentially related, here is a quiz where you type in as many counties as you can think of. This quiz is very forgiving about spelling and double-letters, as a side note.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map

[webny99]

Tangentially related, here is a quiz where you type in as many counties as you can think of. This quiz is very forgiving about spelling and double-letters, as a side note.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map

I can definitely name all of NY's counties without looking it up. It counts duplicates, so we'll see how deep into the hundreds I can get with only 62 entries.

[webny99]

Tangentially related, here is a quiz where you type in as many counties as you can think of. This quiz is very forgiving about spelling and double-letters, as a side note.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map

I can definitely name all of NY's counties without looking it up. It counts duplicates, so we'll see how deep into the hundreds I can get with only 62 entries.

All 3,143 Counties of the United States on a Map
I scored 349 out of 3143 for 1 / 5 points
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https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map


The answer appears to be approximately 349. It's not exact because it updates instantly when you enter a correct answer, so it accepted "Rock" for Rock County and then I had to re-type "Rockland". This also occurred for "King" when I intended to type "Kings", and possibly a few other times. NY's counties share names with counties in 41 other states, the exceptions being CT, DE, ND, AZ, NM, NV, AK, and HI.

[kirbykart]

^I was surprised to learn of Chautauqua County, Kansas.

[Bruce]

Decided to name all that I could remember until I got to 1,000. Took 30 minutes.

[Scott5114]

I got about 40%. I don't remember the exact number because I accidentally closed the tab before I could make a post about it.

I did get all 77 of Oklahoma's counties, everything in SoCal, and all of Nevada's counties except for Mineral and Eureka.

[NWI_Irish96]

Tangentially related, here is a quiz where you type in as many counties as you can think of. This quiz is very forgiving about spelling and double-letters, as a side note.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map

I can definitely name all of NY's counties without looking it up. It counts duplicates, so we'll see how deep into the hundreds I can get with only 62 entries.

I got up to 736 just by naming all 92 Indiana counties.

[paulthemapguy]

For the counties, I usually get 1500-1700 in the full hour they give you. Note that you aren't penalized for wrong guesses.  I'll start naming presidents, then native American tribes, then common old-timey sounding last names...

[iowahighways]

Tangentially related, here is a quiz where you type in as many counties as you can think of. This quiz is very forgiving about spelling and double-letters, as a side note.

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/176412/all-3142-counties-of-the-united-states-on-a-map

I got 1,516, including all the counties in Hawaii, Delaware, and (of course) Iowa. Guessing the counties that I knew of in bordering states and those containing major cities also helped with me.

[CoreySamson]

Here's my county map:



I got 935 counties and completed a state (Delaware), but where I really shined was in the southern half of Texas and Louisiana.

[kirbykart]

This capital map shows some things about how these cities are chosen. https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa/share/727017

[webny99]

This capital map shows some things about how these cities are chosen. https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa/share/727017

They're often centrally located?

[kirbykart]

^They're often not, obvious by looking at the map. And they're usually really small.

[hotdogPi]

^They're often not, obvious by looking at the map. And they're usually really small.

Capitals are more centrally located than they would be if they used the largest city. Examples: CA, DE, IL, KS, KY, MI, MO, ND, NH, OR, PA, SD, TX, WI (this list probably isn't complete)

[webny99]

^They're often not, obvious by looking at the map. And they're usually really small.

In cases where a really small city was chosen, it's often because it's more centrally located. See Missouri and South Dakota as some of the most obvious examples, in addition to all of the states 1 just listed where the capital isn't the largest city. With a couple of exceptions (Nevada, Florida) the capitals are usually fairly close to the state's center of population even if they're not near the geographical center.

[kirbykart]

^They're often not, obvious by looking at the map. And they're usually really small.

In cases where a really small city was chosen, it's often because it's more centrally located. See Missouri and South Dakota as some of the most obvious examples, in addition to all of the states 1 just listed where the capital isn't the largest city. With a couple of exceptions (Nevada, Florida) the capitals are usually fairly close to the state's center of population even if they're not near the geographical center.

Hmmmm.... I always thought about geographically central, never population-central. An interesting viewpoint I never thought of before.

I also thought of a new thread idea based on this discussion.

[webny99]

^They're often not, obvious by looking at the map. And they're usually really small.

In cases where a really small city was chosen, it's often because it's more centrally located. See Missouri and South Dakota as some of the most obvious examples, in addition to all of the states 1 just listed where the capital isn't the largest city. With a couple of exceptions (Nevada, Florida) the capitals are usually fairly close to the state's center of population even if they're not near the geographical center.

Hmmmm.... I always thought about geographically central, never population-central. An interesting viewpoint I never thought of before.

I also thought of a new thread idea based on this discussion.

Possibly relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_population

And noteworthy that Washington, DC was not far from the US' center of population when it became the nation's capital.

[JoePCool14]

I took the city quiz, here are my results.

https://cityquiz.io/quizzes/usa/share/730280