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The Americas Geography by Letter - F

Guess these North and South American geographical answers that start with the letter F.

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Last updated: August 26, 2014

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Clue	Answer
The Sunshine State	Florida
Biggest city in North Dakota	Fargo
Islands fought over by the UK and Argentina	Falklands
Arizona city near the Grand Canyon	Flagstaff
Capital of Kentucky	Frankfort
Decaying industrial city of Michigan	Flint
Dallas neighbor	Fort Worth
Brazil's fifth-largest city	Fortaleza
Biggest city in inland Alaska	Fairbanks
Tourist-infested San Francisco neighborhood	Fisherman's Wharf

Clue	Answer
City just up the coast from Miami	Fort Lauderdale
Second biggest city in Indiana	Fort Wayne
French region that borders Suriname	French Guiana
Largest city in California's Central Valley	Fresno
Group of narrow lakes in New York	Finger Lakes
U.S. military base where gold is stored	Fort Knox
Capital of Martinique	Fort-de-France
World's Fair site, in Queens	Flushing Meadows
Canadian bay with the world's highest tides	Bay of Fundy

ManuB

level 65

Aug 29, 2014

Nice quiz, wrong title. Should be "The U.S. and some questions about the rest of the Americas" .

joeythelemur

level 75

Sep 12, 2014

OK, let's play the game.

5 out of 18 are non-US, that's about 27%. Population distribution, South America has about 42% (380M), North has 58% (520M). Area distribution, South also has about 42% (6.9M sq miles) and North has 58% (9.3M sq miles). So maybe a couple more, but I still don't get why people get bent out of shape about these when you can expect an American site to have somewhat of an American-centric focus! I think QM does an admirable job of having a worldly variety of information here.

angrobper14

level 71

Sep 16, 2014

You should see the other quizzes of this saga. There are some of the where only 1 or 2 questions (out of 20-24) are non-US, and the sole question (or pair of) is from Canada. This quiz in particular was one of the best distributed, compared with the rest of the saga (and it's US-centric)

Symmetrik

level 58

Feb 25, 2015

It says a lot when 14/19 questions are in the US and it's "one of the best distributed".

Quizmaster

level ∞

Feb 25, 2015

The two least-guessed questions are about Latin America. If the average person was more knowledgable about the non-Western world I'd change the distribution of questions. But it's not fun to ask questions that few would have a chance of ever guessing. I also would go on to say that many of the complainers would themselves have a hard time answering questions about Latin America, Africa, China, India, or other developing regions. But since I'm feeling generous tonight I'll offer a full refund to anyone who was offended by this quiz. Quizmaster out.

Symmetrik

level 58

Feb 25, 2015

It's more interesting to learn about Latin America than it is to learn about the second largest city in Indiana.

LarryLovage

level 59

Feb 25, 2015

It should be called "Forts in the Americas and some things beginning with F that aren't forts."

kalbahamut

level 75

Feb 25, 2015

How about changing the title to "F You Haters, And Other Stuff That Starts With F"

Kestrana

level 65

Feb 25, 2015

If you think you could come up with better questions that fit the theme and would appeal to a wide variety of users, it would be a lot more constructive to suggest them in the comments rather than complain about it. For some of the letters of the alphabet there just aren't that many options that aren't obscure even to people who live in the area.

Jiaozira

level 58

Apr 8, 2017

I'd agree, but I think I'm one of the only people to get Fortaleza yet miss an "obvious" answer such as Fort Worth.

ferdy86

level 65

Aug 2, 2018

I wonder what the distribution of nationalities is that takes most of these quizzes. It's probably a large proportion of Americans, thus the material usually reflects this. Just a thought for those whiners that complain that they're too America-centric.

quizzicalguy

level 56

Feb 25, 2015

Hey, what's with all the Martinique questions in this Martinique-centric quiz? It's like the rest of the Americas doesn't even exist. Ha-ha, just kidding! Great job, Quizmaster!

foxpenguin

level 76

Feb 25, 2015

Felt a bit silly missing French Guiana; then again, in French it doesn't start with an F. It starts with a G: Guyane ...

Symmetrik

level 58

Feb 25, 2015

Fredericton, capital of New Brunswick.

Antofagasta

level 49

Jan 3, 2017

That's a good one.

dakgrl

level 53

Feb 25, 2015

I agree with kalbahamut

Antofagasta

level 49

Jan 3, 2017

Agree as well. I don't care how many U.S. questions there are in these quizzes, if people want to moan, go make their one versions.

Antofagasta

level 49

Jan 3, 2017

Sorry if that was mean. I understand is would be nicer if there were more South American questions, but is is hard to do.

ander217

level 75

Apr 3, 2017

Yes, one of the South America questions was the "fifth-largest" city which indicates F is not an easy letter to work with in the Americas.

perrucci

level 56

Feb 26, 2015

I feel like the theme of this should be "Forts"...

MasterKenobi

level 47

May 27, 2015

To everyone who constantly complains to Quizmaster that he didn't make the quizzes exactly the way they wanted: Go make your own quiz site. It's free.

arissa

level 43

Jun 30, 2016

very US-centric................. I'm from Brazil and I couldn't answer most of the questions about unknown US cities.

sf49ers

level 79

Aug 7, 2016

I do hope you got the fifth largest city in Brazil :) You did have a bit of an advantage with that at least. It was one of the few I missed. Though if asked for the fifth largest US city, I would get it only by guessing.

Malbaby

level 67

Dec 11, 2018

Maybe easier if the first letter was given, such as would be 'P' for USA.

DanOfMan

level 46

Dec 19, 2017

Wow, 45% of people know about Flagstaff.

divantilya

level 38

Aug 15, 2018

Excellent quiz! - Thank you for the inclusion of Martinique (which is seldom included. If the lesser known islands are included at all, it is usually Guadeloupe)) and French Guiana (which is most often used as a point of argument).

Ferbin

level 54

Dec 11, 2018

Yet another US navel gazing quiz that pretends to be international. Sigh.

cba

level 64

Dec 11, 2018

Fredonia AZ is closer to the North Rim than Flagstaff is to South Rim of Grand Canyon. But Fredonia is not a city and probably only those who live (or used to live) nearby would know this.