It was part of a much greater addition. The Louisiana purchase.

You are certainly correct. The Louisiana Purchase involved a great swath of land, far bigger than any single state. 👍

The area that later became the state of Louisiana was in that territory, so its technically not incorrect. Just saying.

It only became Louisiana 'Territory' after the purchase.

Yes, that was my answer too!

Missouri River is one mile longer, I was surprised also

@@JimRosipkoRN I think your measuring the wrong maps dude!

The author of this (in my opinion) stupid quiz does not know the English alphabet

Thanks, the correction is pinned in the comments

Don't correct that one, it's the only one I got right.

@@roberthuot7887 Made me laugh

That’s “origianl”. Can’t you read?

The clue was the first 13 original states. Vermont was not one.

Agreed. Key West is an island; it is not on the continent of North America.

Yeah they made a mistake with Rhode Island. The correct answer should be Virginia.

My guess: possible that the Plantation of R. H. Providence (I believe original name) just might not been one of the rebel/original colonies @ that specific time. Almost all were self-proclaimed as Commonwealths. It's business, nothing new, that calls many shots.

@@censusgary WRONG!! The answer in the quiz is correct. While island in Washington is part on CONUS and so is Long Island in New York among MANY others

STUPID SPELLCHECK !! It should be WHIBLEY island

Look on google maps you will see that it actually is believe it or not

Yeah Reno is quite a bit further West.

I thought it was Miami,so I was wrong,and surprised.

It's misleading but true. Jacksonville proper has twice the population of Miami proper. But, if you look at combined statistical areas, i.e. metro areas, Miami metro is about four times larger than Jacksonville metro.

City limits vs the metro area. Tricky.

Yeah, Jacksonville annexed all of Duval County quite a number of years ago. It also appeared in this quiz as the answer of the largest U.S. city by area because of this. I’m 69, so when I was a kid, Los Angeles was the largest city by area. Later, Indianapolis annexed most of Marion County IN, and Oklahoma City annexed most of Oklahoma County OK to pass LA in area. To which Jacksonville said “hold my beer”. Of course, Greater Miami and Greater Tampa-St. Pete have more population than Greater Jacksonville. Jacksonville doesn’t have much suburban population now that they’ve annexed Duval County. BTW, I got 31 right and 9 wrong.

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(1) Missouri is not the longest river in the US. (2) Virginia does fall alphabetically behind RI. (3) I quit after (2), so there may be more, but the purchase of the state of Louisiana is a bit dicey.

How is Reno Nevada farther west than Los Angeles?

William it’s true. CA curves down to the east.

Yes, the Missouri river is technically longer than the Mississippi

@@williamevans2176 look at a map of United States, and you’ll see.

RI is obviously last alphabetically if you go by admission to the union.

What's a $50 bill?

@@robertbennett2586 ive never seen one! 😂😂🤣🤣😂

I disagree. The capital building is a landmark. I guess the white house or Taj Mahal aren't landmarks either?

@@Retromolarman I'm confused? Who said it wasn't a landmark?

@@PsychoThirteen I only meant that landmarks are a very important part of geography. Not confusing.

I’m sorry but you are mistaken. The “continental” United States does indeed include Alaska but not Hawaii. I believe you are trying to say the “Contiguous” United States which only includes the “lower 48”. You also make a claim about continental boundaries, this is not totally accurate either. Many Americans claim only one continent - that of America which constitutes the entire land mass inclusive of the Caribbean islands. The UN does recognise a North and South American model however this is heavily geopolitically based and not strictly geographically determined. The island of Greenland under this model should be included in the Americas based on this interpretation something that few USA citizens would recognise as such. In the end the question of American subdivisions are at least murky. Small claims can be made about slightly differing European delineation, in America’s case it’s about half its population and a USA education system that has a clear agenda (as it probably should on the subject) to favour its model. Either way I think Vespucci would be proud!

Jacksonville by area is much larger than Miami, but I believe Juneau Alaska is the largest city in land area of the United States. In addition, there are three other cities in Alaska that are bigger than Jacksonville.

Some years ago Jacksonville took in the whole county so it now is larger than what the city actually was. I’m sure it would have grown some but it’s disproportionately larger than any other city in the state .

crazy i've lived in the US my entire life and got maybe 3 right 😂 i've failed my geography teachers greatly

Because Reno is further west. 119 deg. vs. 118 deg.

Wikipedia says that Miam's population is 442,241, so it doesn't have millions more people than anything. (Jacksonville has 949,611)

Look up Great Miami and Greater Jacksonville. Oh yeah.

@@Zedns1 But the question is not about "greater" anything.

Sorry, but you are wrong about Jacksonville FL population. According to my 2022 Rand McNally atlas, Jacksonville has around 870,000 people in its city limit. Miami has only 400,000. If you include all of Miami Dade county it is around 2,400,000. Much more than Duval county which Jacksonville sits inside.

The Miami metro area (or combined statistical area) is larger, but that's because it includes Miami Beach, a separate city, as well as West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale, and several other cities. But within the city limits, Miami only has about 450,000 people while Jacksonville proper has over twice that number.

Texas as well.

Same bro.👍

@@roberthuot7887 Oh well. Like a guy I once knew said years ago....."There's no use in having any ignorance if you don't use it once in awhile."🤣

@@robr2389 😃😁👍

@@roberthuot7887 It CAN sometimes be FUN to be dumb. Look at all we learn.😺

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@@drholt2 I could, Don, but if you don't follow the rules, you're cheating. Can't hardly take pride in your score if you cheated to get it.

Sitka, Alaska is 2870 square miles. Juneau, Alaska has 2701 square miles. Wrangell, Alaska has 2542 square miles. Anchorage, Alaska has 1704 square miles. Jacksonville is 875 square miles. (The web shows 747 square miles)

Yes, and again it is because Umairicans can not spell.

You’re wrong!

This Englishman's risible total would have been 3 or 4 better,too.

Would of been? You get a D for grammar, nick barbosa

@@barbaradow3398 I see you have nothing better to do. Last time I checked this was a geography quiz not a spelling bee. Get a life.

well, considering several of their answers were wrong, or the questions so poorly written ... No one.

sitka Alaska is the biggest

The largest city in the United States by area is Sitka, Alaska. Sitka spans over 2,870.3 mi2 (7,434.04 km2) but has a population of about only 10,000 people.

10 right out of 40 is 25%