Eliminate American Cities - Sudden Death

Click the cities that belong to each selected state. You can move back and forth between the states. But, be careful. If you make a mistake... Sudden Death!

Go back and forth between states to whittle down the possibilities!

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Last updated: February 3, 2026

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First submitted	January 4, 2026
Times taken	66,917
Average score	45.0%
Rating	4.38

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Answer

Tallahassee

Dallas

San Jose

Riverside

Rochester

McAllen

Kansas City

Milwaukee

Orlando

Houston

Buffalo

Akron

Cleveland

New York

Pensacola

Austin

Green Bay

Syracuse

Fresno

Poughkeepsie

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Dayton

Scranton

Columbus

Allentown

St Louis

Tampa

Madison

El Paso

Sacramento

Jacksonville

Miami

PIttsburgh

Philadelphia

San Francisco

San Antonio

Los Angeles

San Diego

Cincinnati

Sarasota

Corpus Christi

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55 Comments

+11

Level 73

Jan 4, 2026

Another great sudden death quiz!

One nitpick though, 'Penascola', aside from that, 5/5 and nominated.

Level 83

Jan 4, 2026

Whoops! I will definitely fix that next time I’m on a desktop.

Level 83

Jan 8, 2026

Fixed.

+35

Level 65

Jan 4, 2026

Did not expect that end screen from a Canadian

+14

Level 86

Jan 9, 2026

Straight outta The White House.

Level 88

Jan 11, 2026

Yeah, sad that even Jetpunk feels the need to insult us nowadays!

Level 66

Apr 14, 2026

I think/hope it's a ref from a '70s game

Level 89

Jan 4, 2026

Very much enjoyed this one! Got 39/40, Sarasota got me at the last, I was convinced it was in New York but turns out I was thinking of the very similarly named Saratoga haha

Level 56

Feb 3, 2026

I did the same thing. Got confused between those two

Level 81

Jan 8, 2026

Very fun! Wasn't patriotic enough to know where Allentown was though :(

Level 83

Jan 8, 2026

Or a big enough Billy Joel fan!

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

Well, we're living here in Allentown

And they're closing all the factories down

Out in Bethlehem, they're killing time

Filling out forms, standing in line

Well, our fathers fought the Second World War

Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore

Met our mothers at the USO

Asked them to dance, danced with them slow

Level 44

Feb 3, 2026

Still doesn’t say what state though ;(

Level 72

Jan 9, 2026

Featured! Something weird is happening with the CSS though.

Level 57

Jan 9, 2026

Yeah, it basically just became a many-to-one click quiz. The elimination process doesn't work anymore.

Level 83

Jan 9, 2026

Added css and pending approval.

Level 61

Jan 9, 2026

And it functions like a text quiz, which can be easily abused, like I demonstrated......

Level 91

Jan 9, 2026

The fact that cities don't show as guessed once guessed, if intentional, is diabolical.

Level 83

Jan 9, 2026

Unintentional. Just missing some css.

Level 72

Jan 9, 2026

Should the cities disappear once you click them?

Also it says countries and not states in the description.

Level 83

Jan 9, 2026

Should be fixed. 🫡

Level 95

Jan 9, 2026

I played it the first time and cities did not disappear. Made it tougher. Second time through it functioned correctly.

Level 79

Jan 9, 2026

"I thought you loved America but your lack of patriotism shows"

39/40 lmao. Guess Uncle Sam's got high standards

Level 78

Feb 3, 2026

Same here - and I'm not even American!

Level 81

Jan 9, 2026

Poughkeepsie currently works for California, not just New York.

Great quiz and format!

Level 90

Jan 10, 2026

Fun and good!

Level 75

Feb 3, 2026

I know this is an American cities quiz but I still feel like the choice of cities overly relies on American cultural knowledge (songs, tv shows, etc.) that people outside of the US are never going to have heard of

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

I believe a good quiz has one third answers most people know, one third answers many people, know, and one third answers that are a bit more obscure. If someone gets two thirds of the answers, that’s a respectable score. Plus, this means people are actually learning something if they keep playing to get a perfect score.

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

Also, I’m not American. :)

Level 76

Feb 3, 2026

That's a consistent pattern on this website. U.S. related quizzes tend to have more difficult questions than quizzes relating to other parts of the world.

Level 48

Feb 3, 2026

How many times will people make the same comment😭

Level 43

Feb 3, 2026

"I thought you loved America. Your lack of patriotism means sudden death." WELL IM NOT EVEN AMERICAN I FEEL ATTACKED HELP

Level 79

Feb 3, 2026

Nice one! But would be helpful to see the correct solution after taking the quiz.

Level 57

Feb 3, 2026

but i hate america

Level 61

Feb 3, 2026

Would love to see my score compared against fellow Europeans, got 29/40. Haven't heard of like 8 of the remaining cities, and the 3 I did I had no clue

Level 68

Feb 3, 2026

The idea of the quizz itself is good, but…

I do feel the author's comment about "lack of patriotism" is insulting to everyone who's not a US citizen. (And potentially also insulting towards US citizens, let me know.) That kind of judgement has no place in a site draining such an international audience.

Level 48

Feb 3, 2026

Grow up man. It’s clearly a joke. If humanity stops joking life will no longer be worth living

Level 48

Feb 3, 2026

Living in Pennsylvania made this much easier

Level 47

Feb 3, 2026

Miami is also a city in ohio

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

Nope.

Level 78

Feb 3, 2026

Miami is a river in Ohio.

Level 47

Feb 3, 2026

Missouri has a town named Miami

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

If you think of Miami, Missouri, when you see "Miami", then sudden death is coming for you. Sudden death does not abide quibbles.

Level 45

Feb 3, 2026

There's a Riverside in Missouri too

Level 66

Feb 3, 2026

I'm surprised no one else has caught this, but the caveat still says to go back and forth between countries

Level 61

Feb 3, 2026

Erm actually I'm canadian so I have no need to be patriotic

Level 43

Feb 3, 2026

Mixed up Poughkeepsie and Punxsutawney…

Level 22

Feb 3, 2026

uh I see Riverside isn't counted in Ohio but I live in Ohio and there is a riverside

Level 83

Feb 3, 2026

Well, Riverside, Ohio, only has 20,000 people and isn't well known outside of Ohio. It's not big enough to be considered a major city.

Level 52

Feb 5, 2026

The only reason I get these wrong is because I’m going too fast or not thinking and I’m like “oh yeah! Dallas, California!”

Level 47

Feb 5, 2026

I have no "lack of patriotism", I am just not american though

Level 60

Feb 7, 2026

Only 65% of people knew that New York is in New York?

Level 83

Feb 7, 2026

They probably die before they get to New York. Or at least I hope that’s the case…

Level 33

Feb 13, 2026

Hmm you do realise this quiz site is international So getting a question wrong about the USA, for a Brit, is not being 'unpatriotic'

Level 50

Mar 11, 2026

I'm sorry! But I do love America! I just got mixed up!