Rank
|
Category
|
Answer
|
13
|
Most populous national capital
|
Tokyo | Jakarta | Manila | Seoul | Mexico City | Cairo | Beijing | Dhaka | Bangkok | Moscow | Buenos Aires | Tehran
|
17
|
Largest stadium
|
Pyongyang | Ahmedabad | Ann Arbor | State College | Columbus | College Station | Knoxville | Baton Rouge | Austin | Tuscaloosa | Melbourne | Barcelona | Johannesburg |
Athens | Dallas | Pasadena
|
7
|
National capital closest to French territory, excluding Paris
|
Monaco | Luxembourg | Andorra la Vella | Bern | Brussels | Paramaribo
|
7
|
European national capital with the lowest elevation
|
Amsterdam | Monaco | Copenhagen | Riga | Dublin | Oslo
|
7
|
Most populous city in the Commonwealth of Nations
|
Delhi | Mumbai | Dhaka | Lagos | Karachi | Kolkata
|
7
|
City with the busiest airport by
# of passengers (2019)
|
Atlanta | Beijing | Los Angeles | Dubai | Tokyo | Chicago
|
6
|
Most Michelin star restaurants
|
Tokyo | Paris | Kyoto | Osaka | New York City
|
6
|
Most metro rail stations
|
Shanghai | Guangzhou | Seoul | New York | Beijing
|
5
|
Most hotels
|
Beijing | Rome | Shanghai | Paris
|
4
|
First city to host the Olympics
|
Athens | Paris | St. Louis
|
4
|
Most embassies
|
Rome | Brussels | Washington D.C.
|
4
|
Tallest skyscraper in Europe
|
St. Petersburg | Moscow | Warsaw
|
3
|
Most international tourists (Euromonitor, 2018)
|
Hong Kong | Bangkok
|
3
|
Most populous urban area starting with L
|
Lagos | Los Angeles
|
2
|
Most populous city above 50° N
|
Moscow
|
2
|
Most populous city in the year 1950
|
New York City
|
2
|
Most populous city in the year 1800
|
Beijing
|
2
|
Closest national capital to Scotland
|
Dublin
|
Since 1997 HK is part of China, and after the passing of the National Security Law in 2020 the city became almost as any other regular city in the PRC, maybe even more repressive.
1. Los Angeles (13,000,000)
2. Lagos (12,550,000)
3. Lahore (11,120,000)
4. Lima (10,800,000)
5. London (10,735,000)
This quiz was apparently updated very recently as well.
http://citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/
I've amended the quiz to specify urban area.