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Fill in the 100 squares with US 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 ‘CA’ in its row, and ‘2+ Words’ in the column, that cell can be filled in with ‘San Jose.’

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

Northeast, South, Midwest and West divisions are per the US Census Bureau’s regions. West includes AK & HI.

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

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ppthethird

1 month ago

One of the boxes I got was capital city south of 30 latitude. There are no cities that match this criteria.

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darin

1 month ago

Reply to ppthethird

Honolulu does.

ppthethird

1 month ago

Reply to darin

oh yeah you right

Wizard1178

4 months ago

I used Enterprise, Empire and Eureka, but none worked for Nevada cities start with an E:
Enterprise – Clark County 254,706
Elko – Elko County 20,888
Ely – White Pine County 3,881
East Valley – Douglas County 1,249
Eureka – Eureka County 241
Empire – Washoe County 148

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darin

4 months ago

Reply to Wizard1178

They are unincorporated towns.

bugmenot

4 months ago

Shouldn’t “Greece” work for NY for “Ends with E”?

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darin

4 months ago

Reply to bugmenot

It’s an unincorporated town.

bugmenot

4 months ago

Reply to darin

Can you confirm that? I’m seeing it as meeting all the normal criteria for being an incorporated town. Interested to see what the distinction is if I’m wrong, though.

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darin

4 months ago

Reply to bugmenot

NY towns are different than towns in other states and not included except on my “All Places” type quizzes. Generally not listed in largest cities quizzes on other sites as well.

jakemcafee

5 months ago

I got stuck on “Ends with O” / NJ. Did a Google search and nothing came up. Is there a valid answer?

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darin

5 months ago

Reply to jakemcafee

Marlboro (township) – townships in NJ are different than in other states and counted.

Philip

6 months ago

TIL that Towson, MD, population 60k, is unincorporated.

Tyler Eaves

9 months ago

I really don’t like the way the states are showing as out lines now. Makes the grid obnoxiously tall so you have to do a ton of scrolling.

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darin

9 months ago

Reply to Tyler Eaves

I’ll shrink the state outlines a little.

bus7

2 years ago

I refresh every time I do this quiz and Delaware pops up.

PaulF

1 year ago

Reply to bus7

Ditto: it seems to key to completing this quiz is to study the towns of Delaware.

PatrickSHG

1 year ago

Reply to bus7

It is the same with Germany and Saarland.

Spoon

2 years ago

Is Butte in there as Butte-Silver Bow? Didn’t work for MT Ends With E

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darin

2 years ago

Reply to Spoon

Yeah the entity name according to the census is Butte-Silver Bow

ack-attack

2 years ago

Reply to darin

Great addition – fun and frustrating (sometimes)!

I wonder how many people who live there, when asked where they live, reply with “Butte-Silver Bow”. LOL