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Test your geographical knowledge with our US Closest Cities quiz. Name the closest US cities to your location in order and challenge yourself!

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Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

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US Closest Cities To Your Location In Order – Choose Number

Directions

Begin by entering a number of cities – ’50’, ‘100’, ‘250’ or ‘5h’ – then name the closest US cities to your geographic location (as determined by your browser’s location function) IN ORDER – meaning you have to name the closest first, then the 2nd closest, etc. Your location will show up as a bright purple marker, and the location you need to name (the closest unnamed one) will show up as a larger marker color-coded according to its population.

To use this quiz you will have to choose ‘Allow’ if your browser asks to share your current location – you also may have to restart the quiz after choosing this. If your browser does not allow getting your location the quiz will not load.

Enter number of cities to begin ('50', '100', '250', or '5h').

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MarckyMarc0311

2 years ago

How do i play

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to MarckyMarc0311

reading the directions above helps! 🙂

ramhi

3 years ago

Why does this quiz think I live in the Gulf of Guinea?

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darin

3 years ago

Reply to ramhi

it’s not pulling your location and using 0,0 as coordinates…see the directions.