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U.S. States Whose Two Biggest Cities Begin with the Same Letter

Name the U.S. States where the two or three most populous cities begin with the same letter. Then name the cities.
2024 U.S. Census estimates
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Last updated: October 24, 2025
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First submittedJuly 5, 2021
Times taken12,554
Average score63.6%
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Kentucky
640,796
Louisville
329,437
Lexington
 
 
Ohio
933,263
Columbus
365,379
Cleveland
314,915
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
1,573,916
Philadelphia
307,668
Pittsburgh
 
 
South Carolina
157,665
Charleston
144,788
Columbia
Washington
780,995
Seattle
230,609
Spokane
 
 
Wisconsin
563,531
Milwaukee
285,300
Madison
Wyoming
65,704
Cheyenne
58,823
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23 Comments
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Level 83
Jul 5, 2021
Good quiz!
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Level 62
Jul 5, 2021
Amazing quiz! The only odd thing is the scoring. I got all but one set of cities right but it says I got 60%. I think your quiz has the states as part of the point system rather than just the cities. I love this, do another!
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Level 88
Jul 5, 2021
Yep, you're supposed to name the states too! See the instructions. I've added some empty lines in case it wasn't clear :)
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Level 17
Oct 24, 2025
I thought it was clear enough
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Level 88
Oct 24, 2025
Another issue is that the lines for the state names are obscured because the background color is quite dark.
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Level 88
Oct 24, 2025
Hmm, I lightened it before, but I can make it even lighter.
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Level 78
Jul 5, 2021
Very creative! I would like to see this applied to other countries or really anything else you can think of. The time is also a very good difficultly, I didn't get 100% of definitely could have.
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Level 60
May 25, 2022
Super fun quiz! Finally managed to think of the last set with 5 seconds left and just got them in before time expired. Even with the first letter hints this one was surprisingly hard!
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Level 88
May 25, 2022
Congrats! I agree it's a tough one. Average score isn't high. And I suck at it :)
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Level 63
Oct 17, 2023
fun quiz! the addition of having to name the cities instead of just the states gives the quiz some extra spice :-)
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Level 94
Aug 28, 2025
Excellent quiz. Could you do a similar one for countries?
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Level 72
Aug 28, 2025
Love this
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Level 55
Aug 28, 2025
Loved this quiz.
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Level 85
Aug 28, 2025
The middle city of the three starting with C is spelled incorrectly (with an extra t).
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Level ∞
Aug 28, 2025
Fixed.
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Level 78
Aug 28, 2025
Ohio ftw (Cincy type in isn't working)
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Level 87
Sep 16, 2025
100%
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Level 69
Oct 24, 2025
I missed my own state.
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Level 71
Oct 24, 2025
bonus points to Pennsylvania since the name of the state also starts with the same letter (:
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Level 70
Oct 24, 2025
Duh moment - I live in one of the cities and next to another state in the quiz and got neither..
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Level 74
Oct 24, 2025
Very cool quiz. I think it might work better with whammies so that naming US cities that start with x letter is not a legitimate strategy.
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Level 88
Oct 24, 2025
The average score is already fairly low, I don't want to make it harder. That strategy seems fine to me.
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Level 52
Jan 12, 2026
pretty cool quiz bro!