Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 5-degree grid, hard is a 2.5-degree grid. Then, try to name the LARGEST city in each grid square which fits the category label for each square. To name a city, you must first click on the grid square to make it have a GREEN border. Then, type in the city answer for that square followed by a '.' (a period). You are given a score from 0 to 100 based on your answer's population compared to the largest city accepted in that square (100 being you named the largest city).
LETTER: means the city starts with that letter.
NUMBER RANGE: (such as 2-5, 10+) means the city contains that many letters (excluding spaces and special characters).
POPULATION RANGE: (such as 50-100K) means the city has that range for its population.
2+ WORDS means the city name has 2 or more words (words denoted by a space or hyphen).
AK and HI are NOT included in this quiz as they often have grid squares with only one answer for this quiz.
At the end of the quiz the largest population missed answer will show in each unanswered square, and for those answered the largest city will be listed if you didn't answer it.
This is great fun! Is anyone else having a problem with it accepting the last right name? Maybe it is accepting it but the image on the screen is not keeping up. Meanwhile, I love it.
I can’t stop playing this! I love that it drops you in a different place in each city each time it shows you the city.
Hands down the most fun quiz ever!
I’m learning that an awful lot of cities have streets named ‘Chestnut.’
I’m amazed by the high scores, I’m a terrible guesser! But this quiz is a ton of fun and I’m enjoying a lot anyway.
I’ve done just one of these and while I’m sure there are some issues to work out – can’t think of them yet – this is a lot of fun. Great job Darin!
I guess the best idea I’ve come up with is like…similar to how you have so many different geography quizzes that can be broken out into different types/versions, it’d be fun to do something like this broken down by state, or by region, etc
Okay, so I may need a version where I can get *a bit* more time ha. Again, tons of fun, but man 2 minutes can seem difficult (at least for me)
This is crazy fun. Great idea. You have to use a lot of different bases of knowledge.
I can’t take total credit…I had fun playing Geoguessr (geoguessr.com) and thought of this as an alternative.
Note to game: When you’re trying to make it hard for us, DON’T DROP SOMEONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
Man … I think this is one of those that’s a great idea on paper but just too hard in reality.
Well it’s not exactly a summer vacation but I guess it will have to do. I even got stuck in a fishing boat in New Orleans somehow!
ha…yeah occasionally you may get a street view stuck in a single place, I can’t control that but it should be very rare. you shouldn’t get any indoor locations though.
I did actually get the inside of a building in Washington DC
well, maybe a Google street view issue coding it as outdoor – the code should eliminate indoor ones but that may be a rare fluke.
interesting idea!
a quiz similar to GeoGuessr here – let me know your feedback – will do World/Europe/etc versions of this if it is popular.