Type 'easy' or 'hard' to begin the quiz. Easy is a 15-degree grid, hard is a 10-degree grid. Then, try to name the largest 50K+ cities in each square IN ORDER. 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).
The squares will start with '0/5' (or maybe fewer cities if less exist in that square). Click on a square and enter the largest city in that square not yet answered (so, the largest city if you have yet to answer a city in that square). You will then have '1/5' and need to click on that square to name the 2nd largest city, and so on until you complete all the cities up to 5 (or less if less exist). If you name an incorrect city in a square it becomes 'locked' and turns red and you can no longer accumulate cities in that square.
You receive 1 point for the largest city in a square, 2 for the 2nd largest, and so on.
At the end of the quiz the largest remaining city you haven't named will be shown in each square.
Added a few more to make it 75 total cities.
I see only 70. I would suggest Vyborg, Helsinki, and any of the larger Ukrainian cities that have de-Sovietized their names recently, like Kropyvnytskyi, Kamianske, or even Kyiv.
I’d forgotten Dnipro’s old name but I wiped it from my memory since it was so much easier to remember the new short one. 😀
Try refreshing – you should see 75 now.
fugging
Considered a ‘locality’ not a city by the census.
No Bratislava?
Great quiz concept although I personally would enjoy it more if all entries were cities with completely different names (ex. Mexico City), rather than just different romanization (ex. Beijing).
For additional cities to add, two very notable ones in Japan are Tokyo (formerly Edo) and Osaka (formerly Naniwa).
Doh, never mind re Tokyo – did not see the second page of the quiz
“Beiping” isn’t just a different Romanization. It’s bei + ping, meaning “northern peace”, as opposed to bei + jing, meaning “northern capital”.
If you’re considering adding to the list (I’m just going to list the current names so this post doesn’t become a spoiler in the event you add them):
Rodriguez, Philippines (1982, but in the process of reverting to its original name)
Mandaluyong, Philippines (1931)
Sasmuan, Philippines (1991) (for the same reason Fugging changed theirs)
Thiruvananthapuram, India (1991)
Gurugram, India (2016)
Adama, Ethiopia (2000)
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks.