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Quiz about Americas RecordBreaking Cities

America's Record-Breaking Cities Quiz

Highest, coldest, windiest, sunniest? Let's have a look at some US cities that top the 'league' in a variety of categories.

A multiple-choice quiz by darksplash. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
darksplash

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
364,137

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
622

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 12 (6/10), Guest 104 (4/10), rkrii (6/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy: Which of these US cities generally has the highest amount of monthly sunshine? Hint

St Louis Missouri

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fresno, California

Detroit Michigan

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Question 2 of 10

2. Skol to the skier: If you like to go skiing or snowboarding, in which of these cities are you likely to be greatly disappointed? Hint

Amherst, New York

Anchorage, Alaska

Flagstaff, Arizona

Gardena, California

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Question 3 of 10

3. Clouds in my coffee: Which of these cities normally enjoys the highest number of days clear of clouds? Hint

Phoenix, Arizona

Amherst, New York

Lakewood, Washington

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Question 4 of 10

4. If you had a head for heights, you could visit 19 of the 20 highest towns and cities in the USA without leaving the same state. Where would find the highest city? Hint

Florida

Colorado

Texas

Oklahoma

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Question 5 of 10

5. Some like it hot: if you were a fan of high temperatures in big cities, you could visit America's 40 warmest without leaving the same state. Where would find the hottest city? Hint

Florida

Montana

Texas

Alaska

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Question 6 of 10

6. Cold enough for penguins? Which big US city has the lowest average temperature? Hint

Duluth, Minnesota

Fargo, North Dakota

Grand Forks, North Dakota

Anchorage, Alaska

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Question 7 of 10

7. Eight hundred lawyers and other disasters: In 2005, a report in the USA revealed the city zip code with the highest number of law offices. Which of these was it? Hint

San Diego, California

Miami, Florida

Chicago, Illinois

Houston, Texas

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Question 8 of 10

8. If you like to sing in the rain in a big US city, where would you find the highest average precipitation? Hint

Flint, Michigan

Honolulu, Hawaii

Enumclaw Plateau, Washington

Fort Collins, Colorado

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Question 9 of 10

9. Let it snow: Of cities in the USA with populations greater than 50,000, which of these has the highest average annual snowfall? Hint

North Davis, Utah

Syracuse, New York

Fort Collins, Colorado

Flint, Michigan

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Windy City is mighty pretty, but the windiest urban place in the US is not Chicago. Which of these is it? Hint

Brockton, Massachusetts

Fort Collins, Colorado

Amarillo, Texas

Mid West City, Oklahoma

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy: Which of these US cities generally has the highest amount of monthly sunshine?

Answer: Fresno, California

If you like sunshine, California is the place to be. The 73 sunniest cities (population over 50,000) are in the Golden State. Fresno tops the list by dint of its 2013 population, 466,000. The quote is from a John Denver song.

2. Skol to the skier: If you like to go skiing or snowboarding, in which of these cities are you likely to be greatly disappointed?

Answer: Gardena, California

Gardena has an average snowfall each year of 0.0 inches. The three wrong answers are all in the top ten most snowed-upon cities. "Skol to the Skier" is the title of a song by Bob Gibson.

3. Clouds in my coffee: Which of these cities normally enjoys the highest number of days clear of clouds?

Answer: Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona is, in fact, the worst place to go if you like to study cloud formations. The top 12 (out of 101) cities with a population over 50,000 in terms of cloud-free days are in the state. The three wrong answers are among the cloudiest cities in the USA.

4. If you had a head for heights, you could visit 19 of the 20 highest towns and cities in the USA without leaving the same state. Where would find the highest city?

Answer: Colorado

In fact, 81 of the 100 highest places with a population over 50,000 are in Colorado. The only one to break into the top 20 is Fox Farm-College, Wyoming. Kings of the castle are the folks who live at Glade Park-Gateway, at 10,565 feet.

5. Some like it hot: if you were a fan of high temperatures in big cities, you could visit America's 40 warmest without leaving the same state. Where would find the hottest city?

Answer: Florida

Of the cities with a population of more than 50,000, the highest average temperature can be found in Hialeagh, Florida, where it gets to be 77.9 degrees F.
Indio, California is Number 41 on the list, with an average temperature of 74.5 degrees F.

6. Cold enough for penguins? Which big US city has the lowest average temperature?

Answer: Anchorage, Alaska

These are the four coldest cities of a population of more than 50,000. In Anchorage the average temperature is 34.3 degrees F. Fargo is the 'warmest' of the four, with a relatively balmy 41.5 degrees.

7. Eight hundred lawyers and other disasters: In 2005, a report in the USA revealed the city zip code with the highest number of law offices. Which of these was it?

Answer: San Diego, California

With 805 law offices in 2005, San Diego topped the list. The other three places mentioned were in the top five. The introduction to the question is a play on the Tom Paxton album title "One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters". In the early 2000s, America reached the point of having one million registered lawyers, a fact Paxton predicted some 15 years before.

8. If you like to sing in the rain in a big US city, where would you find the highest average precipitation?

Answer: Enumclaw Plateau, Washington

Those four are all in the top ten wettest places, but Enumclaw Plateau is the wettest of the wet with 84.9 inches a year. (Figures for cities of a population greater than 50,000.)

9. Let it snow: Of cities in the USA with populations greater than 50,000, which of these has the highest average annual snowfall?

Answer: Syracuse, New York

Syracuse has an average of 115.6 inches of snow. It takes the title by dint of having a much higher 2013 population, 140,000, over nearby Clay, NY, 58,000.

10. The Windy City is mighty pretty, but the windiest urban place in the US is not Chicago. Which of these is it?

Answer: Brockton, Massachusetts

Six of the top ten windiest cities with a population over 50,000 are in Massachusetts. Brockton tops the list with an average average wind speed of 14.3mph.

Source: Author darksplash

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