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Can you name the city based off a description from its Wikipedia article?
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
Some descriptions edited slightly
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Description
City
Nicknamed the Mile High City because its official elevation is exactly one mile (5280 feet)
Denver
The busiest port in both passenger traffic and cruise lines
Miami
Founded on the Shawmut Peninsula in 1630 by Puritan settlers from England
Boston
The location of the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1929, when Al Capone sent men to gun down members of a rival gang
Chicago
The number one beer producing city in the world for many years
Milwaukee
The most remote city of its size in the world
Honolulu
Since reaching a peak of 1.85 million at the 1950 census, its population has declined by more than 60 percent
Detroit
It stands on the Rio Grande across the Mexico-United States border from Ciudad Juárez
El Paso
Named after King Louis XVI of France
Louisville
The second-largest music production center (after New York) in the United States
Nashville
Located at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers
Pittsburgh
The largest inland metropolitan area in the U.S. that lacks any navigable link to the sea
Dallas
The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in the city from 1837 until 1861
Springfield
In 1770, the city's 11,000 inhabitants - half slaves - made it the 4th-largest port after Boston, New York, and Philadelphia
Charleston
Famous residents have included writers Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Hamilton, Frederick Douglass, Ogden Nash, and H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Almost entirely burned to the ground in General William T. Sherman's famous March to the Sea
Atlanta
The largest city within the greater Mojave Desert
Las Vegas
An important city in U.S. presidential politics; as the state's capital, it is the site of the first caucuses of the presidential primary cycle
Des Moines
Known for its cool summers, fog, and steep rolling hills
San Francisco
The cultural center of the Valley of the Sun
Phoenix
pkerr116
+13
Level 73
Jan 9, 2019
Phoenix and cultural center in the same sentence?
GeographyGeek42
+3
Level 66
Jan 31, 2019
shocking, I know.
markthoma
+4
Level 73
Aug 22, 2019
The greater Phoenix area has quite a respectable roster of museums, a large and growing fine arts scene, and is a hub for Native and Latin American culture as well. It's not Chicago or New York, but if you're into the arts, there's a respectable scene.
grantdon
+1
Level 73
Mar 11, 2022
"Culture" doesn't just mean the arts...
mikeb
+3
Level 66
Jan 10, 2019
I understand the qualifier that the answers are based on the Wiki descriptions, but it seems that the "most remote" question could describe a lot of different cities depending on the actual size limits.
buck1017
+7
Level 77
Jan 16, 2019
It's hard to be more remote than Honolulu. I was trying western cities, Salt Lake City, Cheyenne...then it dawned on me...duh...it HAS to be Honolulu.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 79
Mar 3, 2021
mikeb has a point. "Most remote city OF ITS SIZE" is pretty nebulous.
SpencerGT
+4
Level 67
Jun 9, 2021
It is almost certainly the most remote city in the world with exactly 345,064 residents!
mikeb
+7
Level 66
Mar 28, 2019
I should be used to this, but it still catches me. Whenever "Pittsburgh" is an answer, it is accepted before the "h" is entered causing said "h'" to be left hanging as the beginning of the next answer.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 82
Mar 28, 2019
Easy. Had to guess a couple for Charleston. I would have thought New Orleans or Baltimore would be bigger and I also guessed Norfolk.
TheGreatArturo
+1
Level 76
Sep 7, 2023
Thrilled for you.
Elan
+2
Level 65
Mar 28, 2019
I feel like this quiz is a lot easier than the results suggested. I expected to see every answer in the 80%-100% range. Maybe there are just a lot of non-Americans here.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Feb 13, 2020
Well I knew 4 so that balances things a bit. Though 1 or 2 other ones seemed familiar after reading the answers. For a non american it was indeed tough. I know óf many cities (a lot more than compared to other countries even in europe or our direct neighbours) but not a big deal abóut them.
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 84
Feb 12, 2020
What's not to love about Detroit?
Lagos1734
+1
Level 30
Mar 20, 2022
Everything
JackintheBox
+1
Level 79
Feb 16, 2021
I got all but Phoenix!!
CaptainUnderpant
+1
Level 79
Aug 20, 2023
San Francisco stumped me. I get it, but was thinking something in the northeast because none of things I strongly associate just with SF.
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