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Cities that Beat New York

For each category, name any world city which ranks higher than New York City.
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
Quiz by JPin8497
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Last updated: October 14, 2024
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First submittedJune 26, 2020
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Rank
Category
Cities
3
Most populous urban area in the Americas
Mexico City | São Paulo
7
Tallest building
Dubai | Kuala Lumpur | Shanghai | Mecca |
Shenzhen | Seoul
5
Northernmost megacity
(urban population > 10 million
Moscow | London | Paris | Istanbul
3
Most skyscrapers
Hong Kong | Shenzhen
9
Oldest continuously-inhabited city
in the 50 states of the U.S.
Saint Augustine | Santa Fe | Hopewell |
Albany | Taos | Plymouth | Dover | Gloucester
2
Most airport passengers
(counting all airports serving the city)
London
7
Most Michelin star restaurants (2024)
Tokyo | Kyoto | Paris | Osaka | London | Hong Kong
2
City with the most valuable sports franchise
(hint: the most valuable is an NFL team)
Dallas
6 (t)
Most populous city in the year 1850
London | Paris | Beijing | Guangzhou | Istanbul
2
Most populous city in the U.S. in 1776
Philadelphia
4
Most metro rail stations
Shanghai | Guangzhou | Seoul
5
Most populous urban area whose city
center is on an island
Tokyo | Jakarta | Manila | Mumbai
2
Urban area with the most Jewish people
Tel Aviv
4
Urban area with the earliest pizza restaurant
Naples | Rome | Venice
2
Most populous urban area which was
once a Dutch colony
Jakarta
16 Comments
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Level 68
Sep 23, 2024
Is there a minimum population to this like for a city to be on here it must have at least 100,000 people
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Level 88
Sep 23, 2024
Considering that there are a few valid answers on this quiz with populations well below 100k, I don't think there is a minimum.
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Level 72
Oct 5, 2024
Doesn't Lagos qualify for the most populous / island question? I believe it currently has more people than NYC.
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Level ∞
Oct 5, 2024
Not quite yet. Probably in 2025.
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Level 68
Oct 14, 2024
I don't know anything about NFL but was typing in Dallas as the quiz finished. I wasn't sure if I got it, but apparently not so 14/15 😔
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Level 69
Oct 14, 2024
São Paulo has more population in its urban are than NYC
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Level ∞
Oct 14, 2024
Fixed
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Level 67
Oct 14, 2024
Wow those oldest cities are pretty unheard of compared to New York. Would have thought Boston/Philadelphia would be there. St. Augustine really should be more famous.
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Level 58
Oct 14, 2024
Boston is also an older continuously inhabited city in the United States than new york
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Level ∞
Oct 14, 2024
No
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Level 48
Oct 15, 2024
Am I the only person who got messed up by the island question? I didnt even consider that the island didn't have to be a tiny one....
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Level 63
Oct 16, 2024
St. Augustine didn't seem to accepted.
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Level ∞
Oct 16, 2024
Copy and pasted it directly from your comment and it worked
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Level 63
Oct 16, 2024
It must have been my error. TY!
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Level 66
Oct 17, 2024
Absolutely floored that Tokyo isn't one of the answers for most metro stations.
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Level 50
Nov 3, 2024
Why this quiz are in tag "Countries that beat"