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Category Elimination - U.S. Metro Areas

In each group, name any US metropolitan statistical area which matches the first category to reveal the second category, then name any metro area which applies to both categories to reveal a third, and so on.
Thanks to the creator of the original Category Elimination quizzes, Stewart, for helping me make this!
Also try the World Cities version!
Quiz by Jeremy
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Last updated: September 23, 2020
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First submittedJanuary 9, 2020
Times taken24,672
Average score75.0%
Rating4.37
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Green Categories
66
Metro areas west of the Continental Divide
✓
34
with a population over 250,000
✓
20
that are not coastal
✓
8
over 1,000 feet in elevation
✓
1
that borders a National Park
Tucson
 
Orange Categories
71
Metro areas that are coastal
✓
38
east of the Mississippi River
✓
16
with a population over 1M or under 150k
✓
6
in the Northeast
✓
1
with more than 5 major sports teams
New York City
Blue Categories
82
Metro Areas whose name contains the letter H
✓
20
in one of the 5 most populous states
✓
14
over 100 feet in elevation
✓
11
with a population under 1 million
✓
1
named after a location in Greece
Ithaca
 
Purple Categories
92
Metro Areas whose name is more than 1 word
✓
82
whose name does not start with a vowel
✓
72
that is entirely in one state
✓
25
is the first, second, or third largest in its state
✓
1
above 7,000 feet in elevation
Santa Fe
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40 Comments
svelte
+5
Level 50
Jan 26, 2020
Nominated!
Werifesteria
+3
Level 66
Jan 31, 2020
Las Vegas qualifies for some of these but it doesn't work
Jeremy
+3
Level 76
Jan 31, 2020
Works for me, maybe check your spelling?
HinesBrothers
+5
Level 76
Feb 21, 2020
Yeah Las Vegas should work for the 4th clue in the green one; It has an elevation of ~2000 ft.
Jeremy
+4
Level 76
Feb 21, 2020
Ah, good catch. Fixed
vermiciousknid
+4
Level 90
Aug 7, 2020
Good quiz. I got the correct city for the purple box with the first question and used it all the way through. So satisfying when that happens.
ducklingpanda1245
+2
Level 54
Aug 12, 2020
One of my favourite parts of category elimination!
Djilas
+3
Level 85
Sep 22, 2020
Yellow for me
Arp2600
+1
Level 88
Sep 23, 2020
I'd like to know which are the 11 cities that qualify for the fourth blue category... I couldn't find any (but Rochester was close, I think).
Jeremy
+2
Level 76
Sep 23, 2020
Harrisburg, Tallahassee, Hagerstown, Binghamton, Chico, Chambersburg, Hanford, Wichita, Sherman, Johnstown
Arp2600
+1
Level 88
Sep 23, 2020
Thanks. I guess you mean Wichita Falls in Texas? Hard question anyway, I could have found Harrisburg or Tallahassee but not the others, including Ithaca.
Jeremy
+1
Level 76
Sep 23, 2020
Oh yes Wichita Falls, thanks. I was looking at the typeins and forgot you only need to type Wichita for that.
Qikiq
+1
Level 88
Sep 24, 2020
I tried Wichita as a wild guess, thinking it could never be accepted . Didn't even know there was a Wichita Falls!
ThatOneGuy25
+1
Level 58
Oct 27, 2020
I’m so dumb. I spent so long trying to figure out why Portland worked for coastal cities XD totally forgot that there’s one in Maine...
jmellor13
+13
Level 67
Oct 30, 2020
Come on, Salt Lake City. Be taller.
luke0lamoreaux
+1
Level 48
Aug 19, 2024
I know... used it for all of them but that
NPSWild
+1
Level 57
Oct 30, 2020
This quiz is fantastic. I like the National Park question because I know a lot about them (hence my name). Please make more of these.
SirPhilippines
+1
Level 71
Oct 30, 2020
How do you make these types of quizzes?
TiddlyWinks
+1
Level 85
Oct 30, 2020
Virginia Beach works for a coastal metro area but not for a city east of the Mississippi.
Trolololz
+4
Level 78
Oct 30, 2020
Ithaca NY??? That's barely a city.
rjfrommtl
+1
Level 80
Oct 30, 2020
I'm so annoyed! I actually guessed Ithaca, but I spelled it wrong ("Ithica"), so I thought it didn't qualify, and kept trying to guess others.
tliving
+2
Level 45
Oct 30, 2020
Ithaca, holy crap that's a tough one.
SirPhilippines
+2
Level 71
Oct 30, 2020
Surprisingly, it's home to Cornell, an Ivy League university.
tshalla
+2
Level 77
Oct 30, 2020
It's really hard when you read "starting with H."
VolcanicPenguin
+1
Level 68
May 30, 2023
The only way I got it was because I live in Upstate NY.
whc03grady
+1
Level 62
Oct 30, 2020
Phoenix AZ

metro pop: 4.8 million (>250,000)

not coastal

elev: 1086 ft (>1000)

borders Saguaro National Park

...therefore should be a final answer for the first category

Geographystar
+2
Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
No, Saguaro national park is about 10.5 miles south of Pinal county, so no Phoenix doesn't count.
seabird
+2
Level 68
Oct 30, 2020
Looking at google maps. Saguaro N.P. borders Tucson. I don't see where it borders Phoenix.
stankyC
+2
Level 65
Nov 2, 2020
Maybe a minor quibble, but the metro area where Dallas is located is known as "Dallas-Fort Worth," not just "Dallas," which would make it contain an h and be suitable as an answer to some of the top right category's questions.
EvanAviator
+1
Level 60
Dec 14, 2023
this quiz clearly uses the name of the principal city in the area
pedro555
+1
Level 26
Nov 3, 2020
Not being American and not knowing what a metro area is, I got none.
WinXP2001
+1
Level 44
Jan 11, 2021
San Diego should work for the 4th box in purple. It is the 3rd largest metro area in California.
syphus590
+1
Level 28
Feb 19, 2021
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Scoring

You scored 17/20 = 85%

This beats or equals 84.2% of test takers

The average score is 15

Your high score is 17

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WWEFan619
+1
Level 61
Apr 23, 2021
Hold on...Isn't Phoenix the capital of Arizona?
jmia5211
+1
Level 48
Jan 18, 2022
The swear the song "Santa Fe" from RENT was playing while I took this but I just didn't try it... love that...
CMC315
+1
Level 59
May 6, 2022
I'm so mad that I misread the last one. I thought it said starting with an H, not containing an H.
Georgie5931
+1
Level 45
Mar 10, 2023
Category Elimination - U.S. Metro Areas

I scored 18 out of 20 for 4 / 5 points

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https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/162493/category-elimination-us-cities

Georgie5931
+1
Level 45
Mar 10, 2023
In the orange i said los angeles for the first 2 and then said NYC all the way down

PS: why doesn't LA work as a abbreviation of Los Angeles always wondered that (creators Hint Hint!!!)

GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 78
Nov 1, 2023
My first guess on blue category was Ithaca, I have no idea why i went with it, couldn't believe it when it was the right answer
Aoto327
+1
Level 81
May 27, 2025
19/20
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