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Test your knowledge with the US 50 Largest Metro Areas Triplets Blackout Challenge Quiz and see how well you know the cities that make up these metropolitan areas.

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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.

Metro Areas Quizzes

US 50 Largest Metro Areas Triplets Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 grid of 25 of the 50 largest US metropolitan statistical areas (MSA's).

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 3 in the given category for the metro areas shown in the grid. When you begin you’ll be given 25 different metro areas plus a category to name the top 3 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says ‘Top 3 Largest Area’ you are to click on the 3 metro areas with the largest area. If it says ‘Top 3 Lowest Population Density’ you are to click on the 3 metro areas whose population density is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second MSA you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 3rd MSA they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 3 comes to the optimum set of 3 (which will be shown as a ‘Rank’ on top out of the # of possible sets of 3 for the last choice). When you’ve answered all 8 sets of 3 leaving only 1 MSA the quiz is over. You get a 100 points bonus for completing the sets making for a total possible score of 2500.

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US 50 Largest Metros 4-Somes Blackout Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 grid of 25 of the 50 largest US metropolitan statistical areas (MSA’s).

The object of this quiz is to choose the top 4 in the given category for the metro areas shown in the grid. When you begin you’ll be given 25 different metro areas plus a category to name the top 4 in, which will display just above the grid. For example, if the category says ‘Top 4 Largest Area’ you are to click on the 4 metro areas with the largest area. If it says ‘Top 4 Lowest Avg Elevation’ you are to click on the 4 metro areas whose average elevation is the lowest. You can deselect the first or second MSA you chose on by re-clicking it, but when you choose the 4th MSA they will be submitted, removed from the grid, and you will get a score from 0-100 based on how close your set of 4 comes to the optimum set of 4 (which will be shown as a ‘Rank’ on top out of the # of possible sets of 4 for the last choice). When you’ve answered all 6 sets of 4 leaving 1 MSA remaining the quiz is over. You get a 100 point bonus for finishing the quiz in time so a total of 2500 possible points.

This quiz is only available to Premium members.

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US All Combined Statistical Areas

Name all US Combined Statistical Areas in the 50 states. They are typically named after the largest city but occasionally with a 2nd or 3rd largest city, which are also accepted answers. The OMB defines a Core Based Statistical Area as a grouping of adjacent metropolitan and/or micropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).

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US All Metro Area Places – Choose Metro Area

Being by entering one of the following 100+ US metro areas below by simply typing the name followed by a period (i.e. 'Chicago.'). Then, name all the places that make up that metropolitan statistical area. This quiz includes all places, so even CDP's, towns, villages, etc. Object is highest percentage of total population, not number of places.

Metros available: Akron, Albany, Albuquerque, Allentown, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Bakersfield, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, Boise City, Boston, Bridgeport, Buffalo, Cape Coral, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Colorado Springs, Columbia, Columbus, Dallas, Dayton, Deltona, Denver, Des Moines, Detroit, Durham, El Paso, Fresno, Grand Rapids, Greensboro, Greenville, Harrisburg, Hartford, Honolulu, Houston, Indianapolis, Jackson, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Knoxville, Lakeland, Lancaster, Las Vegas, Little Rock, Los Angeles, Louisville, Madison, McAllen, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Modesto, Nashville, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, North Port, Ogden, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orlando, Oxnard, Palm Bay, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, Provo, Raleigh, Richmond, Riverside, Rochester, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Scranton, Seattle, Spokane, Springfield, St Louis, Stockton, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tucson, Tulsa, Virginia Beach, Washington, Wichita, Winston Salem, Worcester, Youngstown

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US All Metro/Micro Areas

Name all US Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the 50 states. They are typically named after the largest city but occasionally with a 2nd or 3rd largest city, which are also accepted answers - also this central 'city' may be a town, village, CDP, etc. The OMB defines a Core Based Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.

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US All Metropolitan Statistical Areas

Name all US Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the 50 states. They are typically named after the largest city but occasionally with a 2nd or 3rd largest city, which are also accepted answers. The OMB defines a Core Based Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The Core Based Statistical Areas currently defined by the OMB include the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), which have an urban core population of at least 50,000.

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US All Micropolitan Statistical Areas

Name all US Micropolitan Statistical Areas in the 50 states. They are typically named after the largest city but occasionally with a 2nd or 3rd largest city, which are also accepted answers. The OMB defines a Core Based Statistical Area as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10K population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties. The Micropolitan Statistical Areas are defined as one or more adjacent counties or county equivalents that have at least one urban core area of at least 10K population but less than 50K, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.

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