Couple of pedantic complaints. One, why does the US get its own category? Shouldn't we be part of North America just like all the others. Also, Kuwait should be acceptable rather than typing out city like the others. Third, if US is it's own category, shouldn't San Juan be considered in that category? I mean technically it's in the Caribbean, but it's American soil.
That's incorrect, formally it is actually New York, NYC is a term we use colloquially for it. If you write a letter and send it there it should read New York, NY.
It was probably originally "USA" and not "North America" because everyone complains about over-representation of the US on this site. People would say, "I can't believe that of all the other cities in North America, you listed five United States cities. You should be ashamed of yourself." Or something like that.
Which always seems a bit silly, since the U.S. is third in world population whereas Mexico is eleventh and Canada is barely even in the top 40. Why not focus on the U.S.? Sure they're entitled, but aren't we all?
It just makes it easier. The US is a big place with a lot of very populous cities. It's helpful to know when you've eliminated all of those options. "The Caribbean" and the "Middle East" aren't continents in their own right, either.
Because of official JetPunk type-ins. Guatemala City is sometimes called simply Guatemala. For most major cities we have official type-ins that will be the same for every featured quiz.
I've taken many quizzes where Delhi and New Delhi were different answers, those might need to be fixed. Unfortunately I can't recall the exact quizzes.
New York is the state; New York City is three words. You can argue that saying New York implies the NYC, however, I don't think the people who live in the rest of the state would agree and, technically, it is incorrect.
This was my position originally. After about 1,000 user comments saying that I was wrong, I changed it. The official name of New York City is New York.
kalbahamut: No, it's not. Official name in spanish is Ciudad de México. So if you want to argue about something, at least argue about a right thing and complain that "de" should count as a third word. DF is short for Distrito Federal, and while you are right that it is an equivalent for D.C., it's refering to the let's say a "state" in which the city lies, not the city itself.
I wonder how come, of all Chinese cities, which are virtually all two syllables, the only one that is expressed in English as two "words" is Hong Kong?
yeah. kinda weird how some are accepted and some aren't. and some of these cities have "City" counted as part of their name and some don't. What about Cebu City? Urban area population 2.5 million.. but probably shows up on most lists simply as "Cebu"
I missed 3 (think of Kuwait as a single word city same as Guatemala; forgot San Juan and Belo Horizonte), and finished 83rd percentile.. but only got 0 points? Is that right?
Notwithstanding all the carping, this has been one of my favourite quizzes. 14/20 first time; then 19 untimed, and 20 when I semi-cheated. Can't say that about many quizzes on here
You could have made it "more than one word" quiz instead, it could have saved a lot of comments. Not all of them unjustified, for example, Rio de Janeiro. Is "de" really a word, or just an article. Or Port-au-Prince. One, two or three words?
"New York City refers to the entire city spanning all five boroughs since its consolidation in 1898. Prior to that the city was primarily on Manhattan Island. The city’s official name is New York but it is commonly referred to as New York City (NYC), the City of New York, or New York, New York (NY, NY), in order to distinguish it from the state of New York. " Wikipedia.
Wow I always thought New York City was the official name and New York was just and easier way to say it.
not a sovereign country, only a territory of the US.
Wow I always thought New York City was the official name and New York was just and easier way to say it.