How do I play this quiz?

Test your knowledge of US State centroids with this interactive quiz. Can you correctly identify the centroid location of each state?

Do abbreviations or alternate spellings count?

Yes. Most quizzes allow common abbreviations, alternate spellings, and short forms. Try typing just the first few letters — if it matches, it will autofill.

North America

Play Now - Register For Free

US State Centroid Locator Streak

Directions

Double-click on the map as close as possible to each US state’s geographic center (centroid) that shows up on the right. The closer you click, the more points you get (max 100). You must get at least 85 points to move on to the next state, otherwise the quiz ends. Object is most states completed, not points.

Geographic centers are based on the modern definition used by the USGS, which is “the center of gravity of the surface, or that point on which the surface of the area would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness…derived by minimizing the sum of squared great circle distances from all points of land in a state (including islands, but not coastal waters.”

Double-click where the centroid is.

pause

Favorite

continue

Quiz Takers

Other Quizzes You May Like:

US City Grid 2nd Largest City Challenge

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. 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.

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 2nd largest city will show in each unanswered square, and for those answered the 2nd largest city will be listed next to your score if you didn't answer it.

US City Grid Blackout 2nd Largest City Challenge

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.

US Largest Cities In Order Race – Choose State

First choose any state to start the quiz. The largest city in that state will be shown on the map along with its population. Enter that city to move on to the next largest city. Answering incorrectly will not end the quiz, you'll just have to clear your answer and try again. Try to name as many cities in 5 minutes as you can.

520

0 Comments

Newest

Oldest Most Voted

Inline Feedbacks

View all comments