Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 5-degree grid, hard is a 2.5-degree grid. A grid will be placed randomly on the map. Then, try to name the 1st-5th largest city in each square, depending on what the square label displays (so if the label says '3rd Largest' you are trying to name the 3rd largest city in that square). To name a city, you must first click on the grid square to make it have a GREEN border. Then, type in the city answer for that square followed by a '.' (a period). You are given a score from 0 to 100 based on your answer's population compared to the target city accepted in that square (100 being you named the correct city).
AK and HI are NOT included in this quiz as they often have grid squares with only one answer for this quiz.
At the end of the quiz the target city will show in each unanswered square.
An idea… to facilitate learning from the quiz without having to look everything up, once you’ve made a guess, a hint could show you a descriptor of how close you got “Boiling/Very Hot/Hot/Warm/Cold/Very Cold/ Freezing” or something like that.
Currently there’s no way to know when you make a guess if you were even remotely close, esp. since most of the ones people miss are going to be on the edges of the map. In NYC, if I get something I don’t know it most likely will be in Staten Island, far reaches of Queens or the Bronx. Those places are all far apart, so the next time, I’d be more likely to get in the right area, instead of just randomly clicking around.