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Test your knowledge of Canadian cities with our interactive quiz. Can you accurately locate the 100 largest cities in Canada? Play now and challenge yourself!

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Canada 100 Cities Locator

Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest Canadian cities, eh. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100), eh. Not all points will be right in the heart of the city as they are the geographical centers of the city's large area.

Note: There are two North Vancouver cities. I will display the population for each one when it comes up...the larger one is about 90K, the smaller about 60K.

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Canada 25 Cities Locator – Choose Province

Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest Canadian cities in the province you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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Canada Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top Canadian cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 km for 10K+ cities and 5 km otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, click on the 'downtown' area to avoid clicking on a suburb or outer edge of the city. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown.'

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 10 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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Mexico Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top Mexican cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 km for 10K+ cities and 5 km otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, click on the 'downtown' area to avoid clicking on a suburb or outer edge of the city. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown.'

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 10 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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North America 100 Cities Locator

Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest North American cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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North America Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top North American cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 25 km for 500K+ cities and 10 km otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, click on the 'downtown' area to avoid clicking on a suburb or outer edge of the city. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown.'

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 10 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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US 100 Cities Locator

Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest US cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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US 25 Cities Locator – Choose State

Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest US cities in the state you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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US 50K+ Cities Locator Timed Challenge

The object of this quiz is to click on 50K+ city locations as quickly and accurately as you can. You get 25 random US cities from among all US 50K+ cities. You will be scored based on Time, Distance, and Closest Cities. Closest Cities refers to how many cities (among ALL cities, not just 50K+ ones) are located closer to the actual city's location than where you clicked. Upon clicking START you will see cities listed one at a time in the upper right on the side of the map. Double-click where that city is as fast and accurately as possible. You will then get a score of 0-100 based on those 3 factors. Also, up to 10 of the closest cities to the target city that you weren't within will be displayed. Click NEXT CITY to continue on.

NOTE – For cities with the same name, you are trying to click on the LARGEST city of that name.

For Premium members, this quiz is much easier to play on Google Maps full screen mode.

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US Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

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US Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top US cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 miles for 500K+ cities, 5 miles for 250-500K cities and 2 miles otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, click on the 'downtown' area to avoid clicking on a suburb or outer edge of the city. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown.'

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 10 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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US Cities Locator Streak Challenge – Choose State

First choose any state by entering its abbreviation - for example 'CA'.

Then, the object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top US cities in that state in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 miles for 500K+ cities, 5 miles for 50K+ cities and 2 miles otherwise. Double-click to locate each city in order of population. If you are under the max distance allowed you will move on to the next city. When you double-click farther away than the max distance allowed the quiz will end.

PLEASE NOTE - To identify a city, try to click in the middle of the city's area, or the 'downtown' if the city is large enough to have one. The distance will generally be measured from close to the center of a city's 'downtown' (if it has one) or geographic center otherwise.

You begin with 10 minutes (or 5 for non-Premium members) and get 5 seconds added every time you double-click to locate a city.

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US State Centroid Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US state's geographic center (centroid) that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100). Geographic centers are based on the modern definition used by the USGS, which is "the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface of the area would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness...derived by minimizing the sum of squared great circle distances from all points of land in a state (including islands, but not coastal waters."

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US State Centroid Locator Streak

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US state's geographic center (centroid) that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100). You must get at least 85 points to move on to the next state, otherwise the quiz ends. Object is most states completed, not points.

Geographic centers are based on the modern definition used by the USGS, which is "the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface of the area would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness...derived by minimizing the sum of squared great circle distances from all points of land in a state (including islands, but not coastal waters."

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Canada 25 Cities Locator – Choose Province Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest Canadian cities in the province you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

North America 100 Cities Locator Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest North American cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US 100 Cities Locator Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest US cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US 25 Cities Locator – Choose State Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest US cities in the state you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US Capital Locator Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

Canada 25 Cities Locator – Choose Province

Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest Canadian cities in the province you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

North America 100 Cities Locator

Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest North American cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US 100 Cities Locator

Double-click on the location of each of the 100 largest US cities. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US 25 Cities Locator – Choose State

Double-click on the location of each of the 25 randomly chosen cities from among the 100 largest US cities in the state you choose at the beginning of the quiz. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).

US Capital Locator

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US capital that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100).