Tuesday Geography Quiz

[Rusty Shackleford]

Only 17 of the 50 (not 57 Obama) US states have their largest city as the State capital. How many of the 17 can you name?

Clue: Minnesota is not one of the 17 - Minneapolis is the largest city and St Paul is the capital, and are technically separate cities despite being commonly grouped together.

 

[Napster]

Phoenix, Denver, Little Rock...

 

[Firestorm]

NY
Rhode Island
Hawaii

 

[Napster]

Indianapolis, Des Moines, Jackson, Columbia?

 

[Uncle Leo]

NY
Rhode Island
Hawaii

Not NY. Albany is the state capital and I'm fairly sure NYC is bigger.

Atlanta, Georgia
Boston, Massachusetts

 

[Napster]

Chalreston and Cheyenne?

 

[Uncle Leo]

Helena, Montana?

 

[Napster]

Helena, Montana?

Billings is bigger.

 

[Napster]

NY
Rhode Island
Hawaii

Rhode Island is Providence.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Helena, Montana?

Apparently Billings (which didn't seem much bigger than Rayleigh the only time I went there) is Montana's biggest city. All the others mentioned so far (other than New York of course) are right.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Four left to get

 

[Napster]

Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

[Napster]

Oklahoma City, Salt lake City...

 

[Uncle Leo]

Billings is bigger.

I was sticking my neck out there, Helena being the only town in Montana I've even heard of. I'm starting to struggle a bit here...

Dover, Delaware?

 

[Napster]

Last one is Boise!

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Nope - Albuquerque

Oklahoma City, Salt lake City...

Yes, Yes

I was sticking my neck out there, Helena being the only town in Montana I've even heard of. I'm starting to struggle a bit here...

Dover, Delaware?

Apparently Helena is not even one of the top three in Montana, and is beaten by the sprawling metropolitan areas of Missoula and Great Falls as well as Billings. Combined population of all four cities: 1246 and a German Shepherd called Clive. Delaware's biggest city is Wilmington.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Last one is Boise!

Boise is right, but there's one more to get.....

 

[Napster]

Columbus, Ohio?

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Columbus, Ohio?

Yes indeed! Well played chaps.

 

[Medway Blue]

Alright, who used Wikipedia to get their answers? :p