Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 5-degree grid, hard is a 2.5-degree grid. Then, try to name the SECOND LARGEST city in each grid square which fits the category label for each 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 2nd largest city accepted in that square (100 being you named the 2nd largest city). If you guess the largest city it will be based on the ratio of the 2nd largest city's population to the largest.
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).
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 largest population missed answer will show in each unanswered square, and for those answered the largest city will be listed if you didn't answer it.
Something odd seems to be happening with Indiana Dunes. I find them listed in BOTH my 20 Hardest and 20 Missed lists. The one in the Missed list shows that it was answered by 60.94% of test takers – while the one in the Hardest list shows it being answered by 59.45% of takers. I cannot spot a difference in the formatting of these two answers (I don’t, for example, see two spaces between the words in one of the list entries) – but something looks odd here. I have taken screen shots of both lists, and can share those if you like (although there does not appear to be a tool to add them to these comments – so you can reach out to me if you need those).
Thanks for all your work.
Congress designating Gateway Arch as a national park is just plain stupid.
It was previously the “Jefferson National Expansion Memorial”, and it is more than just the arch. It also includes the old courthouse and the westward expansion museum.