UK & Ireland

100 Largest UK Lakes

Name the 100 largest UK lakes (reservoirs included). No need to type in words like 'Loch' or 'Reservoir'

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British Isles Inhabited Islands

Name the inhabited islands of the British Isles. Populations are based on census or estimated permanent populations. Some shortened names without 'Island' or 'Isle Of' included. Includes the Channel islands.

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England Ceremonial Counties Drawing Challenge

You'll be freehand drawing the 48 ceremonial counties of England. When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which county to draw. To begin drawing a county, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the county. Release the mouse to 'close' the county and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click submit or double-click the drawn county. Click erase or right-click the county to erase it and try again. You may have to wait a few moments for your score to calculate on larger counties.

You are only drawing the main portion of each county - do not worry about any disjointed islands, etc.

When you submit a county you are scored on the % of your county which contains the actual county (shown as '% In County') and the % of the actual county contained in your county (shown as '% Of County'). These average out to create your points for that county.

Complete all counties or click End Quiz at any time to save your score.

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the counties when the quiz is over.

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England City Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50km radius, Intermediate 25km, Advanced 10km, and Expert 5km. Then, enter 500+ population England cities and all 500+ population England cities within that radius will automatically fill in.

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 distance from 5km to 100km, simply enter the distance followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '35.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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England Historic Counties Drawing Challenge

You'll be freehand drawing the 39 historic counties of England. When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which county to draw. To begin drawing a county, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the county. Release the mouse to 'close' the county and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click submit or double-click the drawn county. Click erase or right-click the county to erase it and try again. You may have to wait a few moments for your score to calculate on larger counties.

You are only drawing the main portion of each county - do not worry about any disjointed islands, etc.

When you submit a county you are scored on the % of your county which contains the actual county (shown as '% In County') and the % of the actual county contained in your county (shown as '% Of County'). These average out to create your points for that county.

Complete all counties or click End Quiz at any time to save your score.

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the counties when the quiz is over.

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England Local Districts/Unitary Authorities/Boroughs

Name the Local Districts/Unitary Authorities/Boroughs of England. I was a little lenient with some names but others you must know the exact name.

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Greater London Electoral Wards

Name the electoral wards of Greater London - shortened names are often accepted however if multiple wards have similar names you may need to type them out. These wards are the primary units of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and district councils.

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Ireland Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top Irish cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 km for 50K+ 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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Ireland City Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50km radius, Intermediate 25km, Advanced 10km, and Expert 5km. Then, enter Irish cities/towns (called 'aggregate towns' or 'census towns' by the Ireland census) and all other Irish cities/towns within that radius will automatically fill in.

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 distance from 100km to 2km, simply enter the distance followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '35.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

Try other geographies:
France 1K+ City Coverage | Russia City Coverage
Germany City Coverage | Italy City Coverage

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Ireland Counties

Name the 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland (so not including Northern Ireland).

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Ireland Counties Drawing Challenge

You'll be freehand drawing the counties of Ireland - Dublin is considered one county for this quiz (not its 3 separate counties). When the quiz loads on the right side you will be told which county to draw. To begin drawing a county, click Draw or right-click anywhere in the map to enter drawing mode. Click and drag the mouse to make an outline of the county. Release the mouse to 'close' the county and it will appear green. If happy and ready to submit, click submit or double-click the drawn county. Click erase or right-click the county to erase it and try again. You may have to wait a few moments for your score to calculate on larger counties.

You are only drawing the main portion of each county - do NOT draw any islands outside of the main island.

When you submit a county you are scored on the % of your county which contains the actual county (shown as '% In County') and the % of the actual county contained in your county (shown as '% Of County'). These average out to create your points for that county.

Complete all counties or click End Quiz at any time to save your score.

hugequiz Premium members will see the actual outlines of the counties when the quiz is over.

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Ireland Largest Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing ‘100’, ‘250’, '500’ or 'all' – then try to achieve the highest population among the largest Irish cities (called 'towns' or 'aggregate towns' by the census) you chose of at least 100 population. Quiz is not timed.

hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn't saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 300 largest cities, type #300# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 300 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities - all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.

Premium member? Connect guessed and missed answers with Ireland Cities Learning

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London Boroughs

Name the 33 boroughs of London.

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London Underground Stations

Name the stations of the London Tube system using the map. Some shortened versions are taken, however if two stations share a very similar name you may need to type each out in full.

Red markers should appear - if markers do not appear reload the quiz.

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Northern Ireland Districts

Name the Districts of Northern Ireland. I was a little lenient with some names but others you must know the exact name.

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Northern Ireland Largest Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing ‘50’, ‘100’, or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among the largest Northern Ireland cities (min 500 population) you chose. Quiz is not timed.

hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn't saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 75 largest cities, type #75# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 75 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities - all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.

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Scotland City Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50km radius, Intermediate 25km, Advanced 10km, and Expert 5km. Then, enter 500+ population Scotland cities and all 500+ population Scotland cities within that radius will automatically fill in.

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 distance from 5km to 100km, simply enter the distance followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '35.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

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Scotland Council Areas

Name the Council Areas of Scotland. I was a little lenient with some names but others you must know the exact name.

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Scotland Largest Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing ‘100’, ‘250’, or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among the largest Scottish cities (min 500 population) you chose. Quiz is not timed.

hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn't saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 300 largest cities, type #300# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 300 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities - all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.

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UK & Ireland City Grid

Select a difficulty level: 'beg' 'int' 'adv' or 'exp' signifying Beginner Intermediate Advanced and Expert respectively. The degree of difficulty correlates with the size of the grid square - 1 0.5 0.25 and 0.1 respectively. Your task is to identify the largest city (with a population over 1K) in each grid square. Green squares indicate correct answers. Note Advanced and Expert levels may take a while to load. This quiz only covers UK/Ireland mainland and crown dependencies.

hugequiz Premium users will see the top 25 frequently missed cities displayed as purple markers at the end of the quiz.

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UK & Ireland City Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of cities with minimum 1K population you chose in each 1-degree grid square covering UK & Ireland (no overseas regions). Only green squares contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a square it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

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

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UK 10 Km Expanding Circles Challenge – Choose City

First choose any UK 1K+ city by entering it and choosing it in the drop-down box. Then, name the largest UK 1K+ city in each 10 km circle/ring as the rings expand outward from your city of choice. The first circle will include your city of choice as a possible answer if it is the largest city in that area.

When you run out of time or end the quiz, you will see the current ring's correct answer at right (under 'Answer Stats' by your coordinates).

For example, if you choose 'Leeds' - you will be shown a circle of radius 10 km centered at Leeds. Naming the largest city in this circle (Leeds in this case) will cause another 'ring' of radius 10 km to appear outside that circle. You now need to name the largest UK 1K+ city in that ring (but not within any previous circles/rings). If a city is not within the next ring of that distance, the ring will keep expanding by that distance until a city falls within it. So if a city doesn't fall within 10-20 km, it will expand to be a 10-30 km ring, then 10-40 km and so on until a qualifying city is found within the ring.

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UK 100 Cities Locator

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

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UK 100 Largest Cities Identifier

Double-click on the red marker of the UK top 100 largest city listed. Correct guesses will change the marker to green – incorrect will not change any marker. Complete all cities to save your score.

If by chance you don’t see markers, try refreshing the quiz.

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UK 10K+ Cities Locator Timed Challenge

The object of this quiz is to click on 10K+ city locations as quickly and accurately as you can. You get 25 random UK cities from among all UK 10K+ cities. You will be scored based on Time, Distance, and Closest Cities. Closest Cities refers to how many cities (among ALL 1K+ cities, not just 10K+ 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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UK 10K+ City Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a 10K+ city to start, then name successive UK 10K+ cities such that the next city's first letter is the last letter of the current city and the next city is as close to the current city as possible. You MUST enter a '.' (period) at the end of the city name to submit it. Cities must be typed out in full, so 'Newcastle upon Tyne.' for Newcastle, and so on.

For example, you start with 'Birmingham' - you are now trying to name a 10K+ city starting with 'M' (the last letter of 'Birmingham') which is closest to Birmingham. If you answer 'Manchester.' - now you are trying to name the closest city to Manchester which starts with a 'R' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th city from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest city on each step, and they decline based on the distance your city was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

Note: City naming is more precise than in other quizzes, some simplified alternates may not be accepted.

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UK 1K+ Cities 10×10 Blackout

Fill in the 100 squares with 1K+ UK cities based on the categories in the top row and the geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'South East England' in its row, and '2+ Words' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Milton Keynes.'

Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer, in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

The possible regions of the UK for the rows are: West Midlands, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South West England, East Midlands, Wales/Cymru, Northern Ireland, North East England, South East England and East of England.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell.

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UK 1K+ Cities 15×15 Blackout

Fill in the 225 squares with 1K+ UK cities based on the categories in the top row and the geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'South East England' in its row, and '2+ Words' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Milton Keynes.'

Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer, in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

The possible regions of the UK for the rows are: West Midlands, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South West England, East Midlands, Wales/Cymru, Northern Ireland, North East England, South East England and East of England.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell.

This quiz is only available to Premium members.

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UK 1K+ Cities 25 Km Coverage Challenge

Choose any 1K+ UK city (see naming notes below), then continue naming 1K+ UK cities which are within 25km of any previously named city, trying to accumulate the most total cities covered. If you name a city outside a blue circle, the quiz will end.

You can't go from Great Britain to Northern Ireland or vice versa in this quiz so I don't recommend bothering with Northern Ireland :)

NAMING NOTES: because of the number of similarly named UK cities you must end each city with a '.' - i.e. 'london.' or 'liverpool.' - also, there are about 370 names which match exactly with other city names (for example, there are 5 'Sutton' cities). To choose the largest of these type 'sutton1.' with the 1 for its rank, and the period at the end as well. So be careful that you know which rank the city you want chosen is (usually it will be the largest). Sorry, just don't know another way around this, often the cities are in the same country of the UK so can't differentiate using that either. Therefore, if you are trying to name a city and just typing the name with a '.' at the end doesn't take, that means there are multiple cities of that name and you must use a number as well before the period.

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UK 1K+ Cities Blackout

Fill in the 25 squares with 1K+ UK cities based on the categories in the top row and the geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'South East England' in its row, and '2+ Words' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Milton Keynes.'

Occasionally a cell may not have a qualifying answer, in which case it will appear blank and be a gimme.

The possible regions of the UK for the rows are: West Midlands, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South West England, East Midlands, Wales/Cymru, Northern Ireland, North East England, South East England and East of England.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell.

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UK 1K+ Cities Top 3 Blackout

Fill in the 25 squares with the top three (in terms of population - less if fewer than 3 qualify) UK 1K+ cities based on the categories in the top row and the geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'South East England' in its row, and '2+ Words' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Milton Keynes' as it's one of the 3 largest cities which qualify. When a cell is completed it fills in green.

Occasionally a cell may not have any qualifying answer, in which case it will be filled in bright green and be a gimme. Cells with two answers left will have a very dark green background, those with one answer left more of an evergreen shade, and finally bright green for those which have been completed. Some cells with only 1 or 2 valid answers will start with a green shade corresponding to how many answers are left.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell - only one miss will be shown per incomplete cell.

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UK 1K+ Cities Triple Blackout

Fill in the 25 squares with 3 1K+ UK cities based on the categories in the top row and the geographical location given in the cell. For example, if you are looking at a cell with 'South East England' in its row, and '2+ Words' in the column, that cell can be filled in with 'Milton Keynes.'

Occasionally a cell may not have any qualifying answer, in which case it will be filled in bright green and be a gimme. Cells with two answers left will have a very dark green background, those with one answer left more of an evergreen shade, and finally bright green for those which have been completed. Some cells with only 1 or 2 valid answers will start with a green shade corresponding to how many answers are left.

The possible regions of the UK for the rows are: West Midlands, Scotland, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South West England, East Midlands, Wales/Cymru, Northern Ireland, North East England, South East England and East of England.

hugequiz Premium members will see missed answers in red - they will be the largest city which qualified in each cell. Only one missed answer per cell shown.

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UK 1K+ City Closest Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50 cities, Intermediate 25 cities, Advanced 10 cities, and Expert 5 cities. Then, enter UK 1K+ population cities and the closest N 1K+ UK cities (where N is the number based on your difficulty) automatically fill in.

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 number of cities from 3 to 100, simply enter the number of cities followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '75.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

Try other geographies:
France 1K+ City Closest Coverage | Germany City Closest Coverage
Italy City Closest Coverage | Spain City Closest Coverage

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UK 1K+ City Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50km radius, Intermediate 25km, Advanced 10km, and Expert 5km. Then, enter 1K+ population UK cities and all 1K+ population cities within that radius will automatically fill in.

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 distance from 5km to 100km, simply enter the distance followed by a '.' instead of choosing from one of the four levels, i.e. '35.' Quiz score is not recorded for the custom coverage option.

Other coverage types:
UK 1K+ City Closest Coverage | UK 1K+ City Population Coverage
UK 1K+ City Latitude Coverage | UK 1K+ City Longitude Coverage

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UK 1K+ City Coverage No Repeats

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 50 km radius, Intermediate 25 km, Advanced 10 km, and Expert 5 km. Then, enter 1K+ population cities and all 1K+ population cities within that radius will automatically fill in.

HOWEVER, for this 'No Repeats' quiz you cannot name a city which has already been covered in blue - makes for a bit more of a challenge to cover the states!

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

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UK 1K+ City Grid – All Cities

Choose a level by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv', or 'exp' - then name ANY (doesn't have to be the largest) UK city within each square. Beg level is 1 degree squares, int is 0.5 degrees, adv 0.25 degree, and exp 0.1 degrees.

hugequiz Premium members will see the top 25 missed cities (in unique squares, so not more than one city per square) at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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UK 1K+ City Grid Blackout

Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 1-degree grid, hard is a 0.5-degree grid. Then, name any 1K+ UK city in each grid square which fits the category label for each square.

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 250-500K) 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).

At the end of the quiz the largest population missed answer will show in each square.

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UK 1K+ City Grid Small City Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 1 degree, Intermediate 0.5 degrees, Advanced 0.25 degrees, and Expert 0.1 degrees. Then, try to enter the smallest UK cities (min 1K population) in each grid square of the size based on your difficulty. Green squares contain answers. Adv and Exp levels may take a few moments to load.

PLEASE NOTE - You must type a '.' (period) after each city to submit it to prevent answering another city with a name you would be have to type to get your answer. If multiple cities have the name you submitted, only the smallest one will be counted.

You accumulate points based on the population of the city you named according to the following scale:
1K - 2,499 - 10 pts
2.5K - 4,999 - 8 pts
5K - 9,999 - 6 pts
10K - 24,999 - 4 pts
25K - 49,999 - 3 pts
50K - 99,999 - 2 pts
100K+ - 1 pt

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

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UK 1K+ City Latitude Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 0.25 degree latitude, Intermediate 0.1 degrees, Advanced 0.05 degrees, and Expert 0.025 degrees. Then, enter 1K+ population UK cities and all 1K+ population UK cities within that latitude will automatically fill in.

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

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UK 1K+ City Latitude Grid

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the largest 1K+ UK city within each latitude range. Beg level is 0.5 degree width, Int is 0.25 degrees, Adv 0.1 degrees, and Exp is 0.05 degrees.

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

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UK 1K+ City Latitude Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of 1K+ population UK cities you chose in each 0.5-degree latitude range. Only green ranges contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a range it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

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

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UK 1K+ City Letter Grid – Choose Letter

First choose a letter other than 'X' or 'Z'. Then, enter the largest city (minimum 1000 population) beginning with that letter in each 1 degree by 1 degree grid square. Green squares contain answers.

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

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UK 1K+ City Longitude Coverage

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 0.25 degree longitude, Intermediate 0.1 degrees, Advanced 0.05 degrees, and Expert 0.025 degrees. Then, enter 1K+ population UK cities and all 1K+ population UK cities within that longitude will automatically fill in.

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

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UK 1K+ City Longitude Grid

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the largest 1K+ UK city within each longitude range. Beg level is 0.5 degree width, Int is 0.25 degrees, Adv 0.1 degrees, and Exp is 0.05 degrees.

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

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UK 1K+ City Longitude Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. Then, enter the largest number of 1K+ population UK cities you chose in each 0.5-degree longitude range. Only green ranges contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a range it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

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

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UK 1K+ City Name Link Challenge

The object of this quiz is to pick a city to start, then name successive UK 1K+ cities such that the next city's first letter is the last letter of the current city and the next city is as close to the current city as possible. You MUST enter a '.' (period) at the end of the city name to submit it. Cities must be typed out in full, so 'Newcastle upon Tyne.' for Newcastle, and so on.

For example, you start with 'Birmingham' - you are now trying to name a city starting with 'M' (the last letter of 'Birmingham') which is closest to Birmingham. If you answer 'Manchester.' - now you are trying to name the closest city to Manchester which starts with a 'R' and so on.

The quiz ends at the 25th city from the starting one. You get 100 points for naming the closest city on each step, and they decline based on the distance your city was from the closest. You get 15 minutes to complete the quiz.

Note: City naming is more precise than in other quizzes, some simplified alternates may not be accepted.

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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+ City Random Grid

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 1 degree, Intermediate 0.5 degrees, Advanced 0.25 degrees, and Expert 0.1 degrees. A grid of your chosen square size will be placed randomly on the map. Then, enter the largest 1K+ city in each grid square of the size based on your difficulty. Green squares contain answers. Adv and Exp levels may take a few moments to load.

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

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UK 1K+ City Random Grid Challenge

Choose a number of cities by typing '3', '5', or '10'. A random 1-degree by 1-degree grid will be placed on the map. Enter the largest number of 1K+ cities you chose in each square. Only green squares contain answers. When you have 2 left to go in a square it will fill in faintly yellow, 1 left it will be orangish, and all done it turns red. A time bonus is given for completing a square (it is greater for higher levels).

For example, if you choose '3' for your number of cities to start the quiz, only the 3 largest 1K+ cities in each grid square will be accepted as answers.

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

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UK 1K+ Latitude Coverage Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 0.5 degrees latitude, Intermediate 0.25 degrees, Advanced 0.1 degrees, and Expert 0.05 degrees. Then, enter 1K+ population cities and all 1K+ population cities within that latitude will automatically fill in.

HOWEVER - for this quiz you can enter any 1K+ city for your first choice, but successive cities must be already within a blue band for you to answer them, so you must 'expand' the blue area in the north and south directions, you can't start a new blue band with a gap away from a currently blue shaded area.

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

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UK 1K+ Longitude Coverage Challenge

First choose a difficulty by typing 'beg', 'int', 'adv, or 'exp' - Beginner is 0.5 degrees longitude, Intermediate 0.25 degrees, Advanced 0.1 degrees, and Expert 0.05 degrees. Then, enter 1K+ population cities (see NAMING NOTE below) and all 1K+ population cities within that longitude will automatically fill in.

HOWEVER - for this quiz you can enter any 1K+ city for your first choice, but successive cities must be already within a blue band for you to answer them, so you must 'expand' the blue area in the east and west directions, you can't start a new blue band with a gap away from a currently blue shaded area.

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

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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 2,000 Km Challenge

You have 15 min or 2,000 km to travel the UK trying to total the highest total population of 1K+ cities visited. How to play: Enter any 1K+ UK city to begin (see NAMING NOTES below). A marker will be placed there. Next, enter a (hopefully) nearby 1K+ city. The Google Maps route and next city will be displayed, and the population counter will accumulate. Continue ‘visiting’ more cities trying to get the highest population before reaching 2,000 km. Once you enter a city that pushes the total distance over 2,000 km, the game will end.

NAMING NOTES – due to many UK cities having similar names, you must add a '.' at the end of each entry, i.e. 'london.' or 'leeds.' - also some UK cities have similar names - i.e. there are 5 Suttons - to choose the correct one (usually the largest) type 'sutton1.' - the '1' refers to the rank among the Sutton in terms of population, and you still need the period at the end. So if an answer isn't taking you may have to add a number (usually a '1') before the period as there are other places with the same name.

Please note – this quiz is only available to hugequiz Premium members, as it costs money for me to use the Google Directions API and this quiz is more costly than the other street view ones.

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UK 25K+ Cities East To West Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 table of UK 25K+ cities. The object of the quiz is to double-click on the cities in order from easternmost to westernmost.

Double-click on a city’s text and it will be selected and you will get a score. 100 points corresponds to the easternmost city, 0 points to the farthest west – score decreases based on how eastern your selected city is in relation to all of the remaining cities.

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UK 25K+ Cities North To South Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5×5 table of UK 25K+ cities. The object of the quiz is to double-click on the cities in order from northernmost to southernmost.

Double-click on a city’s text and it will be selected and you will get a score. 100 points corresponds to the northernmost city, 0 points to the farthest south – score decreases based on how northern your selected city is in relation to all of the remaining cities.

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UK 25K+ City Pairs Proximity Blackout

Upon clicking START you will be presented with a 5x5 table of UK 25K+ cities. The object of the quiz is to pair up cities two at a time which have the shortest distance between them.

Single click on a city's text and it will highlight red. To choose the other city of the pair click another city's text. Also, you can re-click on the first city to deselect it. The distance between them will be shown and you will get up to 100 points. 100 points corresponds to the closest pair of cities, 0 points to the farthest apart pair - scores decrease based on the distance of your two cities related to the possible range of distances. Those two cities will then be replaced with their score and you will now choose the closest pair of cities from the remaining 23 cities which have been adjusted to have 100 and 0 corresponding to the closest/farthest pairs among those 23, and so on until you run out of time or complete 12 pairs of cities leaving one left.

You get a 100 point bonus for completing all 12 pairs within 5 minutes, making for a total possible point total of 2500.

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UK Administrative Divisions

Name the various administrative divisions of the UK. I was a little lenient with some names but others you must know the exact name. Divisions include England Local Districts/Unitary Authorities/Boroughs, Scotland Council Areas, Wales Principal Areas, and Northern Ireland Districts.

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UK All 1K+ Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter

First choose any letter except 'X' or 'Z' – then try to achieve the highest population among the UK 1K+ cities/towns/etc beginning with that letter. Quiz is not timed.

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UK All Places

Name all places (min 500 pop for England, Scotland and Wales, 50 for N Ireland) across the UK trying to achieve the highest total population.

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UK All Places By District – Choose District

First choose any UK district (which would be County/District for England, Council Area for Scotland, Unitary District for Wales, and Local Govt District for Northern Ireland) - then name all places (min 500 pop for England, Scotland and Wales, 50 for N Ireland) in that district trying to achieve the highest population.

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UK Bordering Administrative Divisions Challenge

Name UK administrative divisions and that division plus all bordering divisions will fill in. Some shortened versions of administrative division names are accepted. Divisions include England Local Districts/Unitary Authorities/Boroughs, Scotland Council Areas, Wales Principal Areas, and Northern Ireland Districts.

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UK Bordering Wards Challenge

Name UK wards and that ward plus all bordering wards will fill in. You need to be pretty exact naming wards on this quiz.

You will need to wait a few moments for the outlines to appear, then you can begin answering.

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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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UK Cities Grid Identifier Challenge

The object of this quiz is to double-click the grid square where cities are located (the centroid of the city is used). When you begin you will have a grid randomly placed with size 2 degrees latitude by 2 degrees longitude. You will be told which city to locate - simply double-click on that city's grid square and you will move on to the next city. Each time you go to a new city the squares are randomly redrawn and with a size 10% smaller. The first 10 cities will be 100K+, the next 10 50-100K, next 10 25-50K and the balance (until you run out of time or guess wrong) will be 10-25K. When you guess wrong the correct location will be shown as a pink marker.

You do get a break if you are within 2 km of the city but in the wrong square – you will not get credit for the guess but will get another chance at that level.

After the quiz is over you can click RESTART to retry it without refreshing the page.

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UK Cities Locator Streak Challenge

The object of this quiz is to locate as many of the top UK cities in a row you can without going over the maximum allowable distance away. The max distance allowed is 10 km for 50K+ 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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UK City Latitude Grid Top 3 Challenge

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the 3 largest UK cities (min 1K population) within each latitude range. Beg level is 0.5 degree width, Int is 0.25 degree, Adv 0.1 degree, and Exp is 0.05 degree. Latitude ranges will fill in a light yellow when 2 answers remain, light orange with one remaining, and red when completed.

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

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UK City Longitude Grid Top 3 Challenge

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – then name the 3 largest UK cities (min 1K population) within each longitude range. Beg level is 0.5 degrees width, Int is 0.25 degrees, Adv 0.1 degrees, and Exp is 0.05 degrees. Longitude ranges will fill in a light yellow when 2 answers remain, light orange with one remaining, and red when completed.

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

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UK City Satellite View Challenge

You will be given a satellite view zoomed in on one of 10 of the 100 largest UK cities, focused randomly within a km or so of the city center. Name the city you are looking at within one minute. I left some road and other labels in as hints, but most have been removed. Panning and zooming are disabled.

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UK City Satellite Zoom Challenge

You will be given Google satellite view zoomed in near the center of 20 different UK 25K+ population cities. The view will start being zoomed in fully and zoom out every 5 seconds. Name the city you are in. The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max of 25 points per location. Some labels that may include the city name are shown but others (such as obviously city name labels, and business names which often have the city in them) have been removed.

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UK England & Wales Built-Up Area Subdivisions

Name the built-up area subdivisions of England and Wales (the only parts of the UK where they are defined). The 2011 UK census introduced these areas as replacements for former 'urban areas' and based them on the following definition:

A new methodology to capture the areas has been used in the 2011 version of the dataset, but it follows the rules used previously so that results are broadly comparable. As before, the definition follows a ‘bricks and mortar’ approach, with areas defined as built-up land with a minimum area of 20 hectares (200,000 m2), while settlements within 200 metres of each other are linked. Built-up area sub-divisions are also identified to provide greater detail in the data, especially in the larger conurbations.

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UK Google Street View Challenge

You will be given a Google Street View window randomly placed near the center of one of the 100 largest UK cities in which you can move around in. Name the UK city where you are located within two minutes. The faster you answer, the more points you get. Max points is 100 for guessing in 10 seconds or less.

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UK Grid Head To Head City Capture

This quiz is only available in Head-To-Head mode.

First, choose a difficulty by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv, or ‘exp’ – Beginner is 1 degree, Intermediate 0.5 degrees, Advanced 0.25 degrees, and Expert 0.1 degrees. Then, take turns entering the largest UK city (min 1K population) in each grid square of the size based on your difficulty. Green squares contain answers. There will be a white (Player 1) and a black (Player 2) competitor - when you answer a square it will fill in with your color.

When you have a square with your color surrounded in all directions (north, south, east, west - whichever are available) by other squares also of your color, it becomes 'captured' and the city in that surrounded square has its population added to your score.

The player with the highest score at the end of the quiz wins.

So for example in this World quiz, Black has scored on Chicago (circled) and Anchorage, and white has scored on Madrid (circled) and Reykjavik.

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

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UK Grid Path Challenge – All Cities

Choose a level by typing ‘beg’, ‘int’, ‘adv’, or ‘exp’ – beg level is 1 degree squares, int 0.5 degrees, adv 0.25 degree, and exp 0.1 degrees. Then, name any UK 1K+ city to start with by entering it (cities with the same name will choose the largest city of that name first). The grid square you are starting in will turn yellow - you now must name any city in any one of the adjacent grid squares (not including diagonal) - so any grid square directly north, south, east or west of the yellow one. Naming a city in one of these squares will turn your original square red and the current newly named city square yellow - continue in the same way trying to make a path of as many squares as you can. You are not allowed to return to a red square, and if you get 'boxed in' with no squares left to complete the quiz will also end.

Be aware that as you name cities it will answer the largest city first, so if you are trying to answer a city in a square to the east but a larger city of that name occurs a square to the north, the north one will be answered.

Obviously, due to the layout and separation of squares it will be impossible to complete all of them.

hugequiz Premium members will see the largest missed city in each possible next square at the end of the quiz as purple markers.

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UK Historic Counties

Name the historic (also called traditional) counties of the UK.

Please wait for county outlines to appear before answering.

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UK Largest 1K+ Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing 100, 250, 500, '1k', '2.5k' or 'all' - then name the UK's Largest Cities (min population 1K) trying to achieve the highest population.

Premium member? Connect guessed and missed answers with UK Cities Learning

hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn't saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 300 largest cities, type #300# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 300 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities - all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.

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UK Largest 1K+ Cities By First Letter – Choose Letter

First choose any letter except X or Z (no cities) – then try to achieve the highest population among the top 100 UK cities beginning with that letter. Quiz is not timed.

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UK Largest 1K+ Cities By First Two Letters

Name the largest UK 1K+ population cities by the first two letters in the place name. ‘Saint’ is abbreviated as ‘St’ for this quiz. First two letters, population and region shown.

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UK Largest 1K+ Cities By Name Length – Choose Length

First choose a name length from 3 to 10 by typing in the number – then try to achieve the highest population among the top 100 UK 1K+ cities of that name length (excluding punctuation). Quiz is not timed.

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UK Largest 2+ Words 1K+ Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing '100', '250', '500', or 'all' - then try to achieve the highest population among the top UK 1K+ cities of 2+ words you chose. For purposes of this quiz, words are anything separated by a space.

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UK Largest Double Letter Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing ’50’, ‘100’, '250', '5h', or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among UK 1K+ double letter cities you chose. Double letter refers to the city name containing two letters in a row (not separated by a space or other punctuation).

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UK Largest One Syllable Cities

Name the 50 largest UK cities with one syllable in their name.

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UK Largest Short Name Cities

Name the UK cities of at least 1K population with 4 or fewer letters in their name.

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UK Most Common First Word In 2+ Word 1K+ Cities

Name the words which are most commonly the first words in UK 2+ word 1K+ city names. Total cities and first letter shown. Object is most cities, not words.

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UK National Parks

Name the National Parks of the UK.

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UK Officially Designated Cities

Name the currently officially designated cities in the UK. These are cities which have been granted city status by letters patent or royal charter, often not related to the city's population. Cities listed A-Z and region shown. Includes the five cities in overseas territories or a Crown Dependency.

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UK Places Most Common Words

Name the words which appear at least 7 times in the names of all 6K+ UK places (built-up areas and their subdivisions). # of occurrences and first letter shown. In place names, all hyphens were removed. Words constituted anything separated by a space in the resulting name, so a contraction will count as a single word. Object is most occurrences, not words.

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US Common City Names Sharing A UK City Name

Name the city names that occur at least 5 times among all US cities and are also the name of at least 1 UK 1K+ city. Total US cities along with first letter shown. Object is most cities, not place names.

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Wales Communities

Name the communities (cymuned) of Wales.

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Wales Largest Cities

First choose the number of cities by typing ‘100’, ‘250’, or ‘all’ – then try to achieve the highest population among the largest Scottish cities (min 500 population) you chose. Quiz is not timed.

hugequiz Premium users have the option to choose any number of cities to play the quiz with (stats are processed but score isn't saved). Simply enter #(number of cities)# to play the quiz with any number of cities from 25 to the maximum. For example, to play the 300 largest cities, type #300# to begin the quiz and you will play it with the 300 largest cities. Entering #all# will play it with all cities - all cities will also be chosen for any number chosen above the total.

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Wales Principal Areas

Name the Principal Areas of Wales. I was a little lenient with some names but others you must know the exact name.

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