U.S. Newspapers Quiz

For each city, name the largest local newspaper.

By circulation, not including the Wall Street Journal

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First submitted	October 7, 2011
Times taken	10,483
Average score	27.3%
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City	Newspaper
New York	Times
San Jose	Mercury News
Washington	Post
Chicago	Tribune
Dallas	Morning News
Houston	Chronicle
Philadelphia	Inquirer
Minneapolis	Star Tribune
Portland	Oregonian
Cleveland	Plain Dealer
Detroit	Free Press

City	Newspaper
Kansas City	Star
Baltimore	Sun
Sacramento	Bee
Miami	Herald
St. Louis	Post-Dispatch
Orlando	Sentinel
Las Vegas	Review-Journal
New Orleans	Times-Picayune
Atlanta	Journal-Constitution
Hartford	Courant
San Diego	Union-Tribune

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Oct 5, 2011

Originally 13 questions, now expanded to 22. I bet most Americans couldn't get more than 3 or 4.

Level 82

Mar 18, 2013

The average is 6, so I'm guessing you're wrong. I'm American and got 7, but why would anyone need or want to know the names of obscure newspapers in towns they don't live in? I got the famous ones (NY Times, Chicago Tribune, etc)... plus all the ones near places I have lived in the U.S. before (Washington, Baltimore, Sacramento). But America is a big place.

Level 54

Aug 31, 2013

20/22 for me. But about 15 years ago I ran the magazine section for a Barnes and Noble and ordered newspapers for people all the time. Couldn't remember San Diego or Las Vegas.

Level 44

Jun 27, 2016

I studied journalism in college, so I managed 11. Made it easier only having to type "Tribune," "Sun," and "Star," without having to remember which city each belonged to.

Level 69

Mar 30, 2019

He said *Americans*, not JetPunkers who took this quiz. I agree that most Americans could MAYBE name 3 or 4. Sarah Palin could name a big fat ZERO! I am not surprised, of course, that this crowd did much better :-D

Level 52

Oct 5, 2016

couldn't get more than 2

Level 84

Oct 31, 2016

I got 18.

Level 41

Oct 7, 2011

I got 9 ! And I'm not even American.

Level 69

Oct 7, 2011

8 here, and not American either.

Level 62

Oct 7, 2011

18 -- and American.

Level 28

Oct 7, 2011

Got 15 but some of these took some time. Both Portland and Kansas City could have been referring to two totally different cities. (Portland Oregon or Maine and Kansas City Kansas or Missouri)

Level 57

Oct 7, 2011

@delky06 Kansas City,MO and KS are essentially one big city with a state line in the middle so both sides get the Kansas City Star.

Level 49

Oct 9, 2011

6%'er answered thanks to having lived in Portland Oregon. I love it when I completely hose-up a quiz but answer correctly on the bottom percentile curve.

@Nate: Yeah, unless you're from Maine. Poor Maineiacs can't get any love...

Level 65

Oct 20, 2011

Most Americans don't read the newspaper anymore because most newspapers are full of biased propaganda. The age of "True Journalism" is dead.

Level 70

Aug 5, 2016

So they turn to the Internet to avoid the biased propaganda. Lol

Level 34

Mar 27, 2012

i kept spelling sentinel wrong. and i knew minneapolis was the star, just didn't think tribune was after it. i have no idea how i know so many of these

Level 34

May 6, 2012

Level 67

Nov 13, 2012

You left out the newspaper for DeQueen Arkansas: DeQueen Bee, of course. Don't know if it is still publishing.

And Laura Lippman, who used to work for the Baltimore Evening Sun, the second-best paper in Baltimore, gave us this story in an article about the Orioles in Sports Illustrated: "When the [Baltimore] Sun dubbed itself 'One of the world's best newspapers,' the Evening Sun adopted the motto: 'One of the world's newspapers.'" Cute.

Level 33

Feb 12, 2013

great quiz.

Level 24

Jan 3, 2014

Add Omaha World Herald

Level 38

Feb 16, 2014

I'm belgian & got 8 on my first try (including Sacramento Bee).

Level 75

Jul 2, 2014

Spelled Inquirer as Enquirer. Drat.

Level 66

Feb 5, 2019

Would have worked for Cincinnati.

Level 84

Nov 17, 2014

Got 10, felt OK about that. Surprised not to see the Seattle Post Intelligencer!

Level 35

Feb 6, 2015

Just if they had a newspaper titled Atlas, then it could rival the Orlando Sentinel. Those who get the reference post below.

Level 82

Sep 20, 2016

I'm sorry Sacramento and Cleveland, but your news papers have silly names.

Level 84

Oct 31, 2016

By far, the strangest quiz I've taken. Had ZERO confidence going in, but correctly got 18. Missed Hartford, Las Vegas, Portland and San Diego. A handful I flat knew. The rest only came when I mentally relaxed and said the city out loud...then the name of the paper naturally came next. Even when I had absolutely no confidence in the name that came into my head. I typed, and they were right. Amazing the information that just lies dormant inside your head.

Level 73

Jun 7, 2018

I love this quiz! Please do an expanded one. I used to work in this industry so I guess that's why I found it so enjoyable. Made me remember old times, people, places who worked at these places. I got 100% but I am of course an American. I wouldn't get too far down the list of English or French or German newspapers, I'm sure.

Level 55

Nov 8, 2018

how was there no gazette?

Level 76

Jan 26, 2019

Waiting for that Post-Times...

Level 59

May 17, 2023

Why is it defeatured?