Geography quiz

A few nights ago the FP Gal and I were watching some quiz show and the contestant didn't know what city is known as the Gateway City. I was surprised by that as I thought everyone knew that type of thing. Who doesn't know what city is the 'City of Light'? Or the 'Eternal City'? Or even the 'Marvelous City'?
So I thought I'd put together a little quiz for those who wish to play. Each day this week I'll put up a list of ten states and their biggest city. In a different post I'll leave the answer in a comment. In some cases I skipped a more well known nickname for a more interesting one. And two of them are so lame that they don't even have nicknames. But it might be fun anway.
For the record, I only knew 14 of these before I researched it. And I would have guessed the wrong largest city in at least a dozen. So this involved learning for me too.

Comments

j said…
I was kind of enjoying that show. It took me a moment to remember what the gateway city was too. But, I knew the answer was Denver and the Mile High City, so it didn't really matter.
8:41 AM
Peder said…
Jodi, I'm not surprised that you knew that. You've got the same geeky geography thing that I've got. I thought of doing state nicknames but I wanted to make this a challenge for you.
8:52 AM
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