U.S. Cities Study Guide

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92 answers | 338 clues

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Philadelphia 15x $421 avg J:9 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $100 1988 The headquarters for Big Brothers is in this city known for that type of love

J $600 2004 Benjamin Franklin Parkway & The Franklin Institute Science Museum are in this city

DJ $1,200 2010 The American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker peace group, is headquartered in this city

Chicago 14x 7.1% stumper $307 avg J:10 DJ:4

J $100 1991 In 1982 this "Second City" dropped to No. 3 in population

J $500 1989 McCormick Place, this city's convention center, has 162 million square feet of space on 4 levels

J $100 1986 This "Windy City's" 50-member city council is largest in U.S.

Boston 14x 15.4% stumper $377 avg J:11 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 2001 The 25 hospitals you can choose from in this city include the famous Massachusetts General

DJ $700 DD 1986 Eastern state capital that's been described as "a state of mind almost entirely surrounded by water"

J $1,000 2004 John Adams said "the child of Independence" was born in "the old Council Chamber" of this city's Old State House

Atlanta 12x $527 avg J:4 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $100 1993 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic District is located in this Georgia capital

J $600 2004 In November 2001 this city's Journal & Constitution newspapers fully merged

DJ $2,500 DD 2006 Because Malaria was still common in the South, the Communicable Disease Center was established in this city in 1946

St. Louis 11x 20.0% stumper $500 avg J:6 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1985 Ice cream cones & iced tea were both introduced at this Missouri city's 1904 world's fair

J $500 1993 This Missouri city is the northernmost ice-free port on the Mississippi

J $1,000 DD 1997 Coinciding with the World's Fair, the first Olympic Games in the U.S. opened in this city May 14, 1904

Charleston 10x 10.0% stumper $590 avg J:6 DJ:4

J $300 1997 This West Virginia capital was named for Colonel George Clendenin's father, Charles

J $600 2021 West Virginia's capital & this Carolina port city of the same name are about 500 miles apart & named for different people

J $1,000 DD 2009 Jestine's Kitchen is a soulful stop for catfish in this city, home of Catfish Row in story & opera

Baltimore 9x $444 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $100 1996 The U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis is within the metropolitan area of this city

DJ $800 2025 It's the "Birthplace of the American Railroad" & of "The Star-Spangled Banner"

J $1,000 2007 In 2006 rival cities got crabby when Men's Fitness magazine named it the fittest city in America

Cleveland 8x 42.9% stumper $657 avg J:2 DJ:5 FJ:1

DJ $200 1986 Ohio city named for Moses, not Grover

J $600 2012 This city's metro area includes Lorain, Lake & Cuyahoga; visit 'em all!

DJ $1,000 1989 John D. Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in this city on Lake Erie

Should-Know (21)

Portland 7x $371 avg J:2 DJ:5

J $200 1995 In 1905 this Oregon city hosted the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition

DJ $600 1990 This largest city in Maine was formerly called The Neck

DJ $200 1990 Donald Macleay donated a park to this largest Oregon city provided no motor vehicle ever enter it

Charlotte 7x 14.3% stumper $486 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $200 1997 Cornwallis once referred to this N.C. city as a "hornet's nest"; today the Hornets play there

J $800 2001 General Cornwallis called this city a "hornet's nest", hence the name of its NBA team

J $1,000 DD 2002 Now the largest city in the Carolinas, it hosted the last full meeting of the Confederate cabinet in 1865

Mobile 6x $400 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 1989 It's Alabama's only seaport

DJ $600 1997 This Alabama city known for its Azalea Trail should have been Alexander Calder's favorite

J $200 1987 Alabama seaport where you'll find world's largest plant for grinding oyster shells

Los Angeles 6x 33.3% stumper $267 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1998 This city's Major League Baseball team plays its home games in Chavez Ravine

J $100 1985 It recently moved ahead of Chicago to become our 2nd largest

J $200 1987 It's been called "40 suburbs in search of a city", "Smogville", & "La-La Land"

Lexington 6x 33.3% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $300 1997 Located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass Region, it was named for a Massachusetts city

DJ $600 1992 This Kentucky city, founded in 1779, was named after the first battle of the American Revolution

J $400 2014 Mary Todd Lincoln was born in this Kentucky city, now a major center for horse breeding

Houston 6x $467 avg DJ:3 FJ:3

DJ $200 1998 In 1963 NASA opened its $8 million Mission Control Center in this Texas city

DJ $800 1997 If you recall the first words spoken on the moon, you'll know Tranquility Park is in this city

FJ 2003 It's the largest U.S. city in population that's named for an American individual

Honolulu 6x $400 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1994 This city's seal features a canoe and diamond head, among other items

J $1,000 DD 2004 It's the southernmost state capital

J $200 2002 Depictions on this state capital's seal include Nuuanu Pali & Diamond Head

St. Petersburg 5x 40.0% stumper $700 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $400 1997 The Pier, which juts almost a half mile into Tampa Bay, is the center of this city's tourist life

DJ $600 1990 This Florida city was named by Peter Demens after his birthplace in Russia

DJ $1,500 DD 1996 This Florida city was named by a railroad official for his boyhood home in Russia

Dallas 5x $460 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1989 Natives of this Texas city often refer to it as "The Big D"

DJ $800 2003 This large Texas city was named for James K. Polk's vice president

DJ $1,000 1987 Tho many say this Texas city is named for our 11th VP, its founder said he named it for a friend

Columbia 5x $320 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $400 1992 It's New York City's Ivy League school

DJ $600 1986 Founded in 1754, this is New York City's oldest university

DJ $200 1996 In 1790 it succeeded Charleston as South Carolina's capital

Kansas City, Missouri 5x 40.0% stumper $520 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $400 1992 Over twice as many people live in this most populous Missouri city as in the city that shares its name in another state

DJ $800 1985 This city is often called the "Heart of America" since it lies near the center of the U.S.

DJ $200 1984 The larger Kansas City is in this state

Salt Lake City 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1997 Principal streets in this Utah capital include North Temple, South Temple & West Temple

J $1,000 DD 2022 At the foot of the Wasatch Range, this capital city was built on the bed of ancient Lake Bonneville

J $300 1993 Among the tourist sites in this city are Beehive House & the Seagull Monument in Temple Square

Rochester 4x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1997 This New York city's largest employer is Eastman Kodak, with about 34,000 employees

J $600 2002 The prestigious Eastman School of Music is located in this city in western New York

DJ $1,000 1988 5th largest city in Minnesota, it's named for the 3rd largest in New York

Reno 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $300 1997 This Nevada city was once billed as "the divorce capital of the world"

DJ $800 1995 Once known as Lake's Crossing, this large Nevada city was renamed for a Civil War general

DJ $400 2021 Near Lake Tahoe, this city named for a Civil War general became a gambling mecca after legalization widened in 1931

Omaha 4x $325 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1991 In 1863 the Transcontinental Railroad started west from this largest Nebraska city

J $800 2002 The Durham Western Heritage Museum in this Nebraska city is housed in the old Union Pacific depot

DJ $200 1993 Part of the metropolitan area of this Nebraska city extends into Council Bluffs, Iowa

Oklahoma City 4x $1,033 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $600 1994 This Southwestern city has airports named for Wiley Post & Will Rogers

DJ $1,000 1988 City which is home to the Photography, National Cowboy & National Softball Halls of Fame

FJ 2006 Its name includes the county of which it's the seat & the state of which it's the capital

Huntsville 4x $800 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $600 1986 In 1952, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun made this Alabama city his home

DJ $1,000 2001 Nicknamed "Rocket City, U.S.A.", it served as Alabama's capital in 1819

J $800 2019 The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city has one of the world's largest collections of space memorabilia

Bridgeport 4x 100.0% stumper $1,250 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $1,000 2019 P.T. Barnum was once the mayor of this most populous Connecticut city

DJ $1,000 2000 (Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John of "The Young and the Restless") For many years, this Connecticut city where I grew up was the winter headquarters for the Barnum & Bailey Circus

DJ $1,000 1990 In 1875 P.T. Barnum became mayor of this large Connecticut city

Birmingham 4x 25.0% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1989 This Alabama steel-making city is known as the "Pittsburgh of the South"

J $500 1991 A cast-iron statue of Vulcan overlooks this city, Alabama's largest

J $600 2014 That's a statue of Vulcanin this Alabama city

Austin 4x $600 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 2001 About 1/4 of the 540,000 people of this city work for the state of Texas

DJ $600 1989 The state capital where you'll find LBJ's presidential library

J $1,000 DD 2007 This state capital has trolleys & buses called 'Dillos that take folks to attractions & music clubs

Abilene 4x $725 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1998 This Texas city was named for the Kansas town that Dwight D. Eisenhower once called home

J $500 1996 A Texas city was named for this Kansas city, the boyhood home of Dwight D. Eisenhower

DJ $1,000 1995 Tourist spots in this Kansas city include the Eisenhower Center & the Greyhound Hall of Fame

Worth Knowing (63)

Wilmington 3 Tampa 3 Oakland 3 Michigan 3 Madison 3 Juneau 3 Dayton 3 Bethlehem 3 Augusta 3 The New York Times 3 South Carolina 3 Oregon 3 Lincoln Center 3 Independence 3 Illinois 3 Winston-Salem 2 Vermont 2 the World Trade Center 2 Texarkana 2 Tallahassee 2 Syracuse 2 St. Paul 2 St. Augustine, Florida 2 Springfield 2 Scottsdale 2 Savannah 2 Rapid City 2 Poughkeepsie 2 Phoenix, Arizona 2 Newark 2 New Jersey 2 New Haven 2 Nashville 2 Louisiana 2 La Crosse 2 Knoxville 2 Kansas City 2 Hilo 2 Grand Junction 2 Eugene 2 Erie 2 Denver 2 Columbus 2 Cheyenne 2 Carson City 2 Burlington 2 Brooklyn 2 Billings 2 Atlantic City 2 Ann Arbor 2 Alexandria 2 Wichita, Kansas 2 Theodore Roosevelt 2 the Empire State Building 2 Stephen Decatur 2 Rochester, Minnesota 2 Providence 2 Charlotte, North Carolina 2 Annapolis, Maryland 2 Bangor, Maine 2 Atlanta, Georgia 2 Chattanooga 2 Birmingham, Alabama 2

Europe

38 answers | 180 clues

Must-Know (7)

New Orleans 16x $440 avg J:8 DJ:7 FJ:1

J $100 1999 When football's Saints go marching in for a home game, it's in this city

J $1,000 2004 Located in this city's Garden District, Commander's Palace features a jazz brunch on weekends

FJ 1987 It's the largest city, by far, with parts on both banks of the Mississippi River

Pittsburgh 13x 7.7% stumper $815 avg J:8 DJ:5

DJ $200 1990 When captured by the British Fort Duquesne was named this in honor of William Pitt the Elder

J $500 2000 At 64 stories the USX Tower in this Steel City is one of the tallest buildings in the eastern U.S.

DJ $1,000 1988 The 1st regular radio broadcasts began in 1920 at KDKA in this city

Buffalo 13x 16.7% stumper $550 avg J:7 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $200 2009 New York State's second-largest city, it's the seat of Erie County

DJ $500 DD 1986 NYC has almost 7 million more people than this next largest city in N.Y. state

J $1,000 DD 2000 A stone obelisk dedicated to President William McKinley stands in this New York city's Niagara Square

Detroit 10x $410 avg J:6 DJ:4

J $100 1996 The cities of Highland Park & Hamtramck are surrounded by this Michigan city

DJ $600 1989 City located just north & across the river from Windsor, Ontario

DJ $1,500 DD 1994 Hamtramck, Mi. lies within the limits of this city whose name comes from French for "strait"

Las Vegas 9x 22.2% stumper $433 avg J:6 DJ:3

J $200 2014 The bright lights of this city are seen here

J $600 2001 Between 1990 & 1996, the population of this seat of Clark county grew 46% & "odds are" it's still growing

DJ $1,200 2008 Mormons settled this city in 1855 but thought it was too much of a gamble & abandoned it in 1857

Milwaukee 8x 25.0% stumper $312 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1995 The name of this largest Wisconsin city comes from an Algonquian word that may mean "a good place"

DJ $600 1993 You can tour Captain Frederick Pabst's mansion in this city

J $100 1992 In this city, while brewers make beer, the Brewers play Major League Baseball

Cincinnati 8x 25.0% stumper $512 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $200 2012 We're livin' on the air in this city, home to the 49-story Carew Tower, on the north bank of the Ohio River

J $500 1993 This Ohio city's Fountain Square includes a fountain cast by the Royal Bronze Foundry of Bavaria

DJ $1,000 1990 The Tyler Davidson Fountain is the hub from which distances are measured in this Ohio city

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San Antonio 6x $383 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 1997 Members of a Spanish expedition named the site of this Texas city for Saint Anthony of Padua

DJ $600 1999 Areas of this Texas city include Hollywood Park, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights

J $200 1999 Oh, the O. Henry house & the Alamo are 2 of the places you can visit in this city

Miami 6x 16.7% stumper $317 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $200 1996 in 1985 Xavier Suarez became this Florida city's first Cuban-born mayor

J $500 1989 This Southern city's Herald prints a separate newspaper in Spanish

J $200 1990 The South Beach area of this city became a trendy hangout after a TV series brought it prominence

El Paso 6x $317 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 2001 A 1960 Grammy went to Marty Robbins for his tune named for this west Texas town on the I-10

J $500 1987 In 1967,100 years after the Rio Grande changed its course, U.S. returned part of this city to Juarez, Mexico

J $100 1995 The name of this city on the U.S.-Mexico border means "the pass"

Louisville 5x $720 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 2001 To see what's up at Churchill Downs, head to this city

DJ $1,000 1993 Explorer George Rogers Clark is buried in this largest Kentucky city, which he helped found in 1778

J $200 1991 The largest city in Kentucky, it was named for the husband of Marie Antoinette

Jacksonville 5x 40.0% stumper $680 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1997 This Florida city was named for the general who led the fight to take Florida from the Spanish

J $500 1991 This city named for a president is Florida's largest

DJ $1,000 1985 Largest U.S. city in area outside Alaska & largest in population in Florida

Fargo 5x 50.0% stumper $550 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $400 1996 Hamar, Norway is a sister city of this largest North Dakota city

DJ $1,000 1996 This largest North Dakota city lies across the Red River of the North from Moorhead, Minnesota

FJ 1993 This city, its state's largest, was named for a co-founder of a banking & express transport company

Albany 5x 40.0% stumper $440 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1992 In 1851 the N.Y. Central, Delaware & Hudson R.R. opened, linking New York City with this, the state capital

DJ $800 1990 Now a state capital, the Dutch established a permanent community there in 1624

J $200 1990 The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza is in this city, not New York City

Rochester, New York 5x $520 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1993 It's sometimes referred to as "The Big Apple"

J $500 1991 George Eastman House in this city has a collection of over 400,000 photographs

DJ $1,000 1989 You had to send the earliest Kodaks back to this city to have the film inside developed

San Jose 4x $775 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1989 If you "know the way" to this California city, then you'll also know it was the state's 1st capital

J $500 1986 At south end of S.F. Bay, this, California's oldest city, was once the state capital

DJ $2,000 DD 1987 City in title of thefollowing1968 hit: "L.A. is a great big freeway / Put a hundred down and buy a car..."

Amarillo 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $300 1989 This city whose name means "yellow" is the largest city in the Texas panhandle

J $500 1990 This, the largest city in the Texas Panhandle, is called "the Helium Capital of the World"

DJ $2,000 DD 1997 From Spanish, the name of this Texas city refers to the yellowish banks of a nearby stream

Hartford 4x $600 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1998 This state capital is near the head of navigation on the Connecticut River

DJ $800 2010 Yes, dear, this insurance center is the largest city in the Connecticut River Valley

DJ $1,000 1990 State capital popularly known as "Insurance City"

Worth Knowing (20)

St. Augustine 3 Richmond 3 Newport 3 Little Rock 3 Duluth 3 Concord 3 Biloxi 3 Salem, Massachusetts 3 Wilkes-Barre 2 Manchester 2 Holland 2 Grant's Tomb 2 Fresno 2 Dubuque 2 Connecticut 2 Coney Island 2 Butte 2 Akron 2 Toledo, Ohio 2 Concord, New Hampshire 2

Asia

19 answers | 90 clues

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San Francisco 15x $431 avg J:6 DJ:7 FJ:2

J $100 1995 The census bureau reports 29.1% of the population of this Northern Calif. city is Asian or Pacific Islander

J $500 1990 The largest Chinese community outside of the Orient is in this U.S. city's Chinatown

DJ $1,000 1993 Lawrence Ferlinghetti has been an owner of this city's City Lights Bookstore since 1953

New York City 8x $312 avg J:3 DJ:5

J $100 1989 This city's seal has an eagle, a sailor & a Manhattan Indian

DJ $600 1985 About1/3of all U.S. books are published in this city

DJ $200 1994 With 112 square miles, Queens is the largest of its 5 boroughs

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Washington, D.C. 7x 16.7% stumper $383 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $100 2000 City in which the Watergate break-in occurred

DJ $800 1985 The met. area of this East Coast city has the highest average cost for a home, over $160,000

DJ $1,000 1986 In 1836, Dr. Joseph Lovell sold his house in this city to Francis Preston Blair

Seattle 7x $483 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $200 1997 Nearly 40% of the people in Washington state live in the metropolitan area of this city

DJ $600 1989 The Boeing Red Barn, where the company started, forms the core of this city's Museum of Flight

FJ 1993 The closest port to Asia in the lower 48 states, it was named 1992's best U.S. city for doing business

Wichita 6x 33.3% stumper $617 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 1997 Boeing's military airplane division is in this Kansas city, home to Cessna & Glen Campbell's lineman

J $500 1995 During World War II this Kansas city produced 26,000 military aircraft

J $400 1995 Cow Town, a tourist site in this largest Kansas city, is a reproduction of the early city

Phoenix 6x 16.7% stumper $483 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $100 1997 Rebuilding Precolumbian irrigation canals in 1867 helped "resurrect" this future Arizona capital

DJ $600 1989 An early visitor found Hohokam Indian ruins here & predicted a new city would rise from the ashes

DJ $200 1994 This capital is located on the Salt River in the central part of Arizona

Tulsa 5x $780 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2000 With a new waterway, this Oklahoma oil center became an inland port in 1971

J $500 1995 This city, Oklahoma's second largest, is the headquarters of the U.S. Jaycees

DJ $1,600 2008 This Oklahoma city is known for its art deco buildings, including the Phillips Oil "Philcade"

Anchorage 5x $340 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1991 Alaska's most populous city; it was founded in 1914 as a construction base for the Alaska Railroad

DJ $1,000 1997 Alaska's largest city, it's also the state's commerce & transportation center

J $100 1984 Alaskan city renamed this because ships docked there

Tucson 4x $325 avg J:4

J $100 1990 The Papago Indians called this home of the University of Arizona "Stjukshon"

J $500 1989 This Arizona university town has been called the "Astronomy Capital of the World"

J $300 1996 The name of this second-largest Arizona city is from a Papago Indian term for "spring at foot of black hill"

Minneapolis 4x $725 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1986 This Minnesota city is said to have largest Scandinavian population outside Stockholm

J $500 1993 This city's major sports games are played at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

DJ $1,800 DD 1989 This city's name is a combination of the Sioux word for water & the Greek word for city

Albuquerque 4x 25.0% stumper $450 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 1997 In 1806, 100 years after its founding on the Rio Grande, this New Mexico city had only a few thousand people

DJ $600 1997 Petroglyph National Monument near this largest New Mexico city features Indian carvings on lava

J $400 1995 This largest New Mexico city is known as the "hot air balloon capital of the world"

Worth Knowing (8)

Terre Haute 3 Fort Wayne 3 Fairbanks 3 Tacoma 2 Spokane 2 Marion 2 Indianapolis 2 Tampa, Florida 2

North America

2 answers | 10 clues

Must-Know (1)

San Diego 8x $488 avg J:2 DJ:6

J $100 1990 City in which the "Tijuana Trolley" runs from downtown to the border

DJ $600 1989 Point Loma & Coronado Peninsulas shelter a natural deepwater harbor for this naval port city

DJ $1,000 1998 This site of the 1992 America's Cup races was originally called San Miguel

Worth Knowing (1)

Taos 2

Africa

1 answers | 8 clues

Must-Know (1)

Memphis 8x 25.0% stumper $612 avg J:3 DJ:5

DJ $200 1988 The garbage worker's strike that led M.L. King Jr. to this city was settled 2 weeks after his death

J $500 1989 Since 1931 this Tennessee city, a major cotton market, has held an annual Cotton Carnival

DJ $2,000 2004 The structure seenhereis in this city, on the bluffs of the Mississippi

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