What is the largest city in the world with regard to area? The term "city" means one political jurisdiction, called a city by the country in which it lies. Metroploitan areas are not cities. Only city proper counts for this question. Please give the square miles for your answer, as well as your source.
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That's it. Chongqing, China has an area of over 31,000 square miles. Second on that list is Wood Buffalo, Canada, with about 24,500 square miles. Sitka, Alaska, the largest US city, has n area of 4800 swuare miles. Compare these to Houston and Oklahoma City with about 600 square miles, Chicago with 234 square miles, and London's 1.6 square miles.
Jenny, we also missed this one last Saturday night, but then, so did the the woman who wrote the questions. She gave a city that no one had ever heard of, and didn't mention what country it was in.
It was by no means the only mistake she made all night. Her incorrect answers plus her poor questions made it a difficult evening for team. It was often hard to understand what the question meant.
An example -
What was the highest-rated TV show ever?
According to whom? Does "highest rated" mean most watched? Does she mean an entire series, an individual episode of a series, or a special once-a-year program, like one of the Super Bowls? It took about 5 minutes of asking what she meant for her to explain she meant series. We assumed that she meant most watched, according to Nielsen shares, but she never said. The answer she wanted was "MASH". I should point out that there are many millions more people watching TV now than when MASH was on, and, in fact, "Baywatch" was had a weekly audience of over a billion people world-wide. Actually, I question the fact that MASH is stil the most watched TV series in the US.
We were behind by seven points after 6 rounds, but ended up winning by one, getting 86 points (out of 100). The second place team had 85, and the rest of the pack was well below that, in the 60s, with one (I think) in the 70s. The last 3 categories were more "scholarly" ones, and that is our forte.
Posts: 17630 | Location: Lincoln Place, Granite City, IL, USA | Registered: 06-03-02
The city she gave as an answer was Davao. I found it on your list, at #17.
Davao City, Philippines - 927 square miles
Like I said, It's not Trivia when you have to guess which wrong answer the MC has, it's more like Guess What I'm Thinking About. They give us a minute to come up with the correct answer, and they have months to write the questions and research the answers, and yet, some can't seem to even do that right.
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Posts: 17630 | Location: Lincoln Place, Granite City, IL, USA | Registered: 06-03-02
Originally posted by DorianGreyed: Chicago with 234 square miles, and London's 1.6 square miles.
Er..don't think so ! London has an area of 609 square miles. The City of London, known as the Square Mile, has an area, in fact, of about 1.6 square miles It's the historic old city, originally walled for the most part, and is now the financial centre of London. Only 7168 people were resident there when the 2001 census was taken. London itself had a population of over 7 million.
(In England 'city' is a title ultimately bestowed by the monarch and reserved for only a few places).
It's not Trivia when you have to guess which wrong answer the MC has, it's more like Guess What I'm Thinking About.
That's why I quit going to the weekly Saturday night trivia game here.
On the other hand, think how boring it would be if the quizmaster knew anything We have exactly the same problem in pub quizzes in Britain.Still, the ensuing arguments are an excuse for another round of drinks !
It's the historic old city, originally walled for the most part, and is now the financial centre of London. Only 7168 people were resident there when the 2001 census was taken. London itself had a population of over 7 million.
We have exactly the same problem in pub quizzes in Britain.Still, the ensuing arguments are an excuse for another round of drinks !
