IMPOSSIBLE Name a City - You will Fail!

For each place, name one of the five biggest cities that is NOT the capital or the largest city.

Source: citypopulation.de with geonames.org as a secondary source. By city proper.

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Place	%	Cities
Afghanistan	36	Herat \| Kandahar \| Mazar-i-Sharif \| Jalalabad \| Kunduz
Honduras	24	San Pedro Sula \| Choloma \| La Ceiba \| El Progreso \| Comayagua
Dominican Republic	23	Santiago \| Los Alcarrizos \| La Romana \| San Pedro de Macoris \| Higuey
Venezuela	23	Valencia \| Barquisimeto \| Ciudad Guayana \| Maturin \| Maracay
New Mexico	20	Las Cruces \| Rio Rancho \| Roswell \| Farmington \| Clovis
Slovakia	18	Kosice \| Presov \| Zillina \| Banska Bystrica \| Nitra
North Macedonia	18	Kumanovo \| Bitola \| Prilep \| Tetovo \| Stip
Albania	17	Durrës \| Vlorë \| Elbasan \| Shkodër \| Fier
Kazakhstan	17	Shymkent \| Qaragandy \| Aqtobe \| Taraz \| Pavlodar
Moldova	15	Tiraspol \| Balti \| Bender \| Ribnita \| Ugheni
North Korea	15	Hamhung \| Chongjin \| Sinuiju \| Wonsan \| Nampo
Rhode Island	15	Cranston \| Warwick \| Pawtucket \| East Providence \| Woonsocket
Alberta	14	Red Deer \| Lethbridge \| Airdrie \| St. Albert \| Grande Prairie
Jordan	13	Zarqa \| Irbid \| Russeifa \| Al Quwaysimah \| Khilda
Nebraska	13	Bellevue \| Grand Island \| Kearney \| Fremont \| Hastings
Zambia	12	Kitwe \| Ndola \| Kabwe \| Chingola \| Mufulira
Liechtenstein	11	Triesen \| Balzers \| Eschen \| Mauren \| Triesenberg
Senegal	11	Touba \| Thies \| Kaolack \| Mbour \| Rufisque
Ivory Coast	11	Bouake \| Daloa \| Korhogo \| San Pedro \| Gagnoa
Vermont	10	Essex \| South Burlington \| Colchester \| Bennington \| Rutland
Tonga	8	Neiafu \| Tofoa-Koloua \| Havelu \| Vaini \| Haateiho
Solomon Islands	8	Tandai \| Auki \| Malango \| Gizo \| Noro
Nauru	8	Arijejen \| Denigomudu \| Meneng \| Boe \| Baitsi
San Marino	5	Borgo Maggiore \| Domagnano \| Fiorentino \| Acquaviva \| Faetano
Tuvalu	4	Savave \| Motufoua \| Teava \| Tanrake \| Tumaseu
Samoa	2	Vaitele \| Faleasiu \| Leauvaa \| Vaiele \| Siusega

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18 Comments

Level 75

May 6, 2020

Methodology: We took the three least guessed answers from each quiz in the Name a City series and put them here. For the ones where there is a tie, all tied questions are included. We also excluded Name a City - Countries because of overlapping answers.

Level 73

May 6, 2020

when I typed Irbid it didn't work

Level 75

May 6, 2020

Fixed

Level 74

May 7, 2020

Surely Edmonton should be accepted for Alberta? Calgary is the capital and also the largest city; hence Edmonton is neither the capital, or the largest city.

Level 75

May 7, 2020

Nope! Edmonton is the capital. Don't worry, I used to mix them up all the time too...

Level 36

Jan 15, 2022

Burlington is the largest city in Vermont

Level 65

Aug 29, 2022

Wow. I don't know that Kazakhstan causes people such problems. Karaganda, Shymkent, Atyrau, Ust'-Kamnegorsk, Uralsk, Pavlodar, Petropavlovsk... These cities, it turns out, are not so well known in the rest of the world.

Level 74

Sep 4, 2022

Yep, that's true, and I doubt that anyone would have heard of Ismailia, Mansoura, Tanta, El Mahalla, or Bani Swef as well (all are Egyptian cities, and they're not minor). I suppose we could say that each person or group of people are well versed in their immediate environment, and then their knowledge declines as we increase the radius of an imaginary circle around them. From your comment, for example, I would assume that you are russian or central asian.

Level 79

Sep 4, 2022

I think Medicine Hat makes the cut for Alberta, no?

Level 71

Sep 4, 2022

Grande Prairie has just 900 people more than Medicine Hat.

Level 79

Sep 4, 2022

Citypopulation.de has Medicine Hat ahead of Grand Prairie by 100. Maybe add it as a type in, mr. Quiz maker?

Level 75

Sep 4, 2022

Literally only got Moldova cause I've been there