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Population Quizzes

Europe & US Cities Population Sorting Challenge

You begin with two European or US cities shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the cities in order from largest to smallest by population (CITY PROPER population, not the metro area). The order is represented by the '1st' thru '16th' in each box. You can click on a city to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked city to position the first city before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new city added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

hugequiz Premium members will see city populations when the quiz is over.

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Europe 10K+ Expanding Circle Population Challenge – Your Location

First enter a level by typing '5M', '2.5M', '1M', or '500K' - you begin with that population figure (shown by 'Population Remaining'...the bigger the number the easier the quiz). The quiz will center in on your location - you must have your browser's location figure on. A pink marker will be placed at this location.

The object of this quiz is to accumulate 'Population Gotten' by typing in 10K+ Europe cities (see naming note below) moving outward from your marker without skipping cities. Any 10K+ city skipped will count against your Population Remaining. Any 10K+ city guessed correctly counts toward your Population Gotten. Population Gotten is your score for this quiz, this is the number you want to have as high as possible - it is the sum of the population of all your guesses.

Naming Note: You must add a '.' at the end of each city name for it to take - this is to prevent typing in another city name which is the first few letters of the city you wanted to type. There are a good number of these so to make it easiest I am simply requiring a '.' after each name you enter.

There are no time bonuses on this quiz.

A circle will be drawn going out to your last guess and showing that guess as a green marker and any missed cities that were closer as a red marker. All members can mouseover the green markers to see what their name, population and rank in terms of closeness to your location (i.e. #10 is 10th closest city). hugequiz Premium members can hover over the red markers as well to see the missed cities and their info.

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Europe 10K+ Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’ or ‘exp’ – beginner is 10,000,000, intermediate is 5,000,000, advanced is 1,000,000 and expert 500,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities of 10K+ population starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you’ve hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level’s threshold. For example, if you choose ‘int’ – the threshold is 5 million. If you choose ‘paris’, then Paris will fill in and because its population is under 5 million, successive cities moving outward from Paris will fill in until the total population reaches at least 5 million. If you chose Moscow, only it would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 250,000 to 25,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

Try other geographies:
Asia Population Coverage | Africa Population Coverage
US Population Coverage | World 50K+ Population Coverage

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Europe 10K+ Population Radius Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’. Then, enter 10K+ population cities and all 10K+ population cities within a radius based on the population of the city you guessed will fill in. When you have at least 25 countries, the countries remaining will be shown. In other words, a large city will have a bit larger radius to cover other cities than a smaller city would.

A higher difficulty level means smaller circles, but still in the same size proportion to each other based on populations.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

There is also the option to play a 3-hour (basically untimed) version of each level. Simply enter a 'u' before a level choice to play a 3-hour version, for example 'ubeg' or 'uadv' - your score will not be saved for these.

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Europe 250K+ Population Cities

Name the European cities with at least 250K population. Population and country shown.

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Europe 50 Km Population Challenge

In 15 minutes name the Europe cities of 50K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 50K cities within 50 km are guessed.

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Europe Bordering Countries Minimum Population Challenge

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 European countries with the objective of accumulating the smallest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only and include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown. You must complete 25 countries for your score to save - so for example you can't get 'stuck' somewhere like Portugal with no other countries available to click on unless it happens to be your 25th country clicked. Turkey and Russia are included and their populations are total population of the country.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

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Europe Bordering Countries Population Challenge

The object of this game is to click on successive bordering countries to 'travel' through up to 25 European countries with the objective of accumulating the highest total population among all countries traveled through. Borders are land borders only and include dependent territory borders, populations also include territories. Population in millions is shown. Turkey and Russia are included and their populations are total population of the country.

For example, you can begin by clicking Russia - your next country can be any country bordering Russia, such as Ukraine. After clicking Ukraine you can choose any country bordering Ukraine except a country you have already visited (in this case just Russia). You must continue along your path and can't click a bordering country from a previously-clicked country unless it borders the country you just clicked.

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Europe Circle Max Population Challenge

Upon clicking START you will be shown 5 circles, one at a time, with increasing radii: 50, 100, 250, 500 and 1000 km. The object is to move the circle to the location such that it covers the most amount of people, based on Europe population density data. You are scored based on how many people you cover compared to the maximum possible (score is based on the ratio of people in your circle compared to max possible - score is not an exact ratio but falls faster than that).

PLEASE NOTE: ALL of Turkey is included in counting population (not just European portion), and the portion of Russia west of 61.5 degrees E (just east of Chelyabinsk). Nothing outside Europe (such as Africa or middle east other than Turkey) is included toward the population count within a circle.

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Europe Circle Population Guess Challenge

You will be shown 10 different circles of radius 50-500 km. Using the slider (or manually typing into the box below the slider), guess the European population (based on European population density estimates) contained within each circle then click SUBMIT for each one.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL of Turkey is included in counting population (not just European portion), and the portion of Russia west of 61.5 degrees E (just east of Chelyabinsk). Nothing outside Europe (such as Africa or middle east other than Turkey) is included toward the population count within a circle.

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Europe Circle Population Selection Challenge

The object of this quiz is to click on the circle containing the largest population within Europe. When you begin you'll be shown 2 circles with radii between 50 and 250 km on the map which do not intersect. Click on the one with the larger Europe population within it (based Europe population density info) then 'Submit' - if you are correct you'll move on. One incorrect round and the quiz is over. Every 5 rounds the number of circles on the map will increase by 1. Try to build the longest streak of correct circles. Circles displayed will always be non-intersecting.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL of Turkey is included in counting population (not just European portion), and the portion of Russia west of 61.5 degrees E (just east of Chelyabinsk). Nothing outside Europe (such as Africa or middle east other than Turkey) is included toward the population count within a circle.

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Europe Circle Radius Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's radius so it contains the target population shown at the right but ONLY within Europe. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random populated Europe grid square (there are over 90K 10x10 km grid squares used for the data, courtesy of https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php). Also you will see an adjustable circle of radius 500 km to start. Adjust the circle's radius by dragging it until it contains the target number of people shown - this target will be between 5 and 100 million people. Then click submit. You are scored on how close your circle's population is to the target.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL of Turkey is included in counting population (not just European portion), and the portion of Russia west of 61.5 degrees E (just east of Chelyabinsk). Nothing outside Europe (such as Africa or middle east other than Turkey) is included toward the population count within a circle.

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Europe Circle Radius Population Split Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's diameter so it splits the circle's European population as evenly as possible. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random world location. Also you will see an circle between 100 and 1000 km radius. Adjust the diameter by rotating it using the endpoints, trying to split the halves into equal populations. Then click submit. You are scored on how close you have split the circle into 50% population in each half.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL of Turkey is included in counting population (not just European portion), and the portion of Russia west of 61.5 degrees E (just east of Chelyabinsk). Nothing outside Europe (such as Africa or middle east other than Turkey) is included toward the population count within a circle.

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Europe Cities Population Guessing Challenge

Upon clicking START you'll be shown a Europe city and a population slider below it. Move the slider to the city's population and click SUBMIT. You'll get a score from 0 to 100 based on how accurate your guess was. Complete 20 random cities from among the 200 largest Europe cities to end the quiz. You won't get more than 3 cities from a single country.

If you click on the slider you can use the left and right arrows to move it more accurately.

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Europe Cities Population Guessing Challenge – Choose Country

First choose a country, you'll then be shown a Europe 10K+ population city from that country and a population slider below it. Move the slider to the city's population and click SUBMIT. You'll get a score from 0 to 100 based on how accurate your guess was. Complete 20 random cities from among the 10K+ cities in that country (or fewer if less than 100 cities). Only countries with at least 25 10K+ cities are included.

If you click on the slider you can use the left and right arrows to move it more accurately.

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Europe City Population Blitz

You begin with 2 minutes - name as many of the Europe 1000 largest cities as you can trying to achieve the highest total population. You receive a 1 second bonus for every city named correctly. There are no time bonuses except the 1 second per city.

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Europe Countries & US States Population Sorting Challenge

You begin with two Europe countries/US states shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries/states in order from largest to smallest by population. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '16th' in each box. You can click on a country/state to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country/state to position the first country/state before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country/state added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

Country population includes dependent territories and including in areas of that country outside of Europe geographically.

hugequiz Premium members will see country/state populations when the quiz is over.

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Europe Countries By Population In Order Elimination

Name the Europe countries (see NOTE below) in order from most populous to least. Russia and Turkey are included but using only their populations within the European continent. Naming a country that isn’t the next answer will count as a ‘strike’ against you. 3 strikes, you’re out.

NOTE: to answer the UK you must type out 'United Kingdom' - to prevent answering 'UK' when typing Ukraine.

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Europe Countries Population Sorting Challenge

You begin with two European countries shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries in order from largest to smallest by total population. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '16th' in each box. You can click on a country to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country to position the first country before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 15 levels.

Population includes dependent territories and including in areas of that country outside of Europe geographically.

hugequiz Premium members will see country populations when the quiz is over.

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Europe Countries Population Sorting Challenge – Difficult

You begin with two European countries shown in the grid. Upon starting, your job is to sort the countries in order from largest to smallest by total population. The order is represented by the '1st' thru '25th' in each box. You can click on a country to move it to a higher position in the list - simply click once and it will turn red, then clicked another higher-ranked country to position the first country before it. Click submit to check your answers...if they are in order you will get a new country added to the end which needs to be positioned correctly, and so on until you either get one wrong or complete all 24 levels.

Population includes dependent territories and including in areas of that country outside of Europe geographically.

hugequiz Premium members will see country populations when the quiz is over.

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Europe Country Population Guessing Challenge

Upon clicking START you'll be shown a European country and a population slider below it. Move the slider to the country's population and click SUBMIT. You'll get a score from 0 to 100 based on how accurate your guess was. Complete 20 random Europe countries to end the quiz.

If you click on the slider you can use the left and right arrows to move it more accurately.

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Europe Largest Cities – Choose Minimum Population

First enter the minimum population for all cities to guess followed by a period - for example '500000.' for 500K+ cities or '25000.' for 25K+ cities. Maximum population 1 million, minimum 10000. Quiz is not timed. Then, name all the Europe cities with that minimum population trying to achieve the highest number.

Every different minimum population will have a separate leaderboard.

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France 1K+ City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 2,500,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming 1K+ cities. All 1K+ cities starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'int' - the threshold is 1,000,000. If you choose 'Strasbourg', then Strasbourg will fill in and because its population is under 1,000,000, successive cities moving outward from Strasbourg will fill in until the total population reaches at least 1,000,000. If you chose Paris, only Paris would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 5,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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France Circle Radius Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's radius so it contains the target population shown at the right. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random populated France grid square (over 200K within France, courtesy of https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php). Also you will see an adjustable circle of radius 100 km to start. Adjust the circle's radius by dragging it until it contains the target number of people shown - this target will be between 50K and 5 million people. Then click submit. You are scored on how close your circle's population is to the target. Circle population is tallied by totaling all output areas within that circle.

NOTE - This quiz does NOT include any people in other countries, ONLY France.

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Germany Circle Radius Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's radius so it contains the target population shown at the right. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random populated Germany grid square (over 400K within Germany, courtesy of https://human-settlement.emergency.copernicus.eu/index.php). Also you will see an adjustable circle of radius 100 km to start. Adjust the circle's radius by dragging it until it contains the target number of people shown - this target will be between 50K and 5 million people. Then click submit. You are scored on how close your circle's population is to the target. Circle population is tallied by totaling all output areas within that circle.

NOTE - This quiz does NOT include any people in other countries, ONLY Germany.

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Germany City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 2,500,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'int' - the threshold is 1,000,000. If you choose 'Stuttgart', then Stuttgart will fill in and because its population is under 1,000,000, successive cities moving outward from Stuttgart will fill in until the total population reaches at least 1,000,000. If you chose Berlin, only Berlin would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 5,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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Italy City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 2,500,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'int' - the threshold is 1,000,000. If you choose 'Bologna', then Bologna will fill in and because its population is under 1,000,000, successive cities moving outward from Bologna will fill in until the total population reaches at least 1,000,000. If you chose Rome, only Rome would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 5,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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Russia City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 5,000,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'beg' - the threshold is 5,000,000. If you choose 'Perm', then Perm will fill in and because its population is under 5,000,000, successive cities moving outward from Perm will fill in until the total population reaches at least 5,000,000. If you chose Moscow, only Moscow would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 10,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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Spain City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 2,500,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'int' - the threshold is 1,000,000. If you choose 'Murcia', then Murcia will fill in and because its population is under 1,000,000, successive cities moving outward from Murcia will fill in until the total population reaches at least 1,000,000. If you chose Madrid, only Madrid would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 5,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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UK 1K+ City Population Coverage

First choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv' or 'exp' - beginner is 2,500,000, intermediate is 1,000,000, advanced is 250,000 and expert 100,000. Then, begin naming cities. All cities of at least 1K+ population starting with the city you chose and moving outward will begin filling in until you've hit a total population equal to or greater than your chosen level's threshold. For example, if you choose 'int' - the threshold is 1 million. If you choose 'glasgow', then Glasgow will fill in and because its population is under 1 million, successive cities moving outward from Glasgow will fill in until the total population reaches at least 1 million. If you chose London, only London would fill in as its population already meets your threshold.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

Premium members can now also play a 3-hour time limit 'custom' coverage quiz of any population from 50,000 to 5,000,000, simply enter the population followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '750000.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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UK 1K+ Population Radius Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’. Then, enter 1K+ population UK cities and all 1K+ population UK cities within a radius based on the population of the city you guessed will fill in. In other words, a large city will have a bit larger radius to cover other cities than a smaller city would.

A higher difficulty level means smaller circles, but still in the same size proportion to each other based on populations.

hugequiz Premium members will see the 25 largest missed cities at the end of the quiz as large, purple markers.

There is also the option to play a 3-hour (basically untimed) version of each level. Simply enter a 'u' before a level choice to play a 3-hour version, for example 'ubeg' or 'uadv' - your score will not be saved for these.

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UK Circle Radius Population Challenge

The object of this quiz is to adjust each circle's radius so it contains the target population shown at the right. When you click Start you will be shown a marker on a random UK output area (there are over 200K output areas - also called Data Zones in Scotland and N Ireland - across the UK, the smallest census tabulation area). Also you will see an adjustable circle of radius 100 km to start. Adjust the circle's radius by dragging it until it contains the target number of people shown - this target will be between 25K and 5 million people. Then click submit. You are scored on how close your circle's population is to the target. Circle population is tallied by totaling all output areas within that circle.

NOTE - This quiz does NOT include any people in Ireland or other countries outside the UK, you are only trying to total the target number of people within the UK.

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US 100K+ Population Cities

Name the US cities with at least 100K population. Population and state shown.

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Try other geographies: Asia Population Coverage | Africa Population Coverage US Population Coverage | World 50K+ Population Coverage

Europe 250K+ Population Cities Name the European cities with at least 250K population. Population and country shown.

Europe 50 Km Population Challenge In 15 minutes name the Europe cities of 50K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 50K cities within 50 km are guessed.

Europe City Population Blitz You begin with 2 minutes - name as many of the Europe 1000 largest cities as you can trying to achieve the highest total population. You receive a 1 second bonus for every city named correctly. There are no time bonuses except the 1 second per city.

US 100K+ Population Cities Name the US cities with at least 100K population. Population and state shown.

Try other geographies:
Asia Population Coverage | Africa Population Coverage
US Population Coverage | World 50K+ Population Coverage

Europe 250K+ Population Cities

Name the European cities with at least 250K population. Population and country shown.

Europe 50 Km Population Challenge

In 15 minutes name the Europe cities of 50K+ population trying to get the highest population. Population will only count when all other 50K cities within 50 km are guessed.

Europe City Population Blitz

You begin with 2 minutes - name as many of the Europe 1000 largest cities as you can trying to achieve the highest total population. You receive a 1 second bonus for every city named correctly. There are no time bonuses except the 1 second per city.

US 100K+ Population Cities

Name the US cities with at least 100K population. Population and state shown.